Former Puducherry Speaker VMC Sivakumar hacked to death
Former Puducherry Agriculture Minister and Speaker VMC Sivakumar was hacked to death on Tuesday by an unidentified gang in the Union Territory's Karaikal, reports said. The gang nurtured a previous enmity towards Sivakumar, who had sought police protection over it, police said. The 67-year-old was a five-term MLA and served as the Puducherry Assembly Speaker from 1996 to 2000.