Punish murderers of Tamil Nadu BJP leader, demands Modi

Gujarat CM terms murder of V Ramesh as shocking

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday termed as shocking the murder of Tamil Nadu BJP leader V Ramesh and demanded that culprits be punished at the earliest.

Ramesh alias Auditor Ramesh was general secretary of BJP's Tamil Nadu unit. The 52-year-old was attacked with sharp -edged weapons near his house in Salim town last night by unidentified assailants.

"Killing of our Tamil Nadu unit's general secretary V Ramesh is shocking. Spoke to TN BJP president last night and expressed sadness on the killing," Modi tweeted.

"My deepest condolences to the family of Shri V Ramesh. May his soul rest in peace. The culprits must be punished as the earliest," he further said on twitter, a micro-blogging site.

Tamil Nadu BJP President Pon Radhakrishnan has said Ramesh is the fourth state-level party leader to be murdered in the last one year.