Updated On: 08 July, 2024 09:38 AM IST | Chennai | Agencies
The government opposed the plea, saying the party office was located in a residential area. Armstrong, 52, chief of Tamil Nadu unit of the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), was hacked to death by a group of assailants on Friday

Mayawati pays her last respects to the mortal remains of party leader K Armstrong. Pic/PTI
The Madras High Court on Sunday held a special sitting to hear a plea of the wife of slain Tamil Nadu BSP president K Armstrong, seeking to bury his body at the party office here. The HC allowed the burial to be held in neighbouring Tiruvallur district.
The government opposed the plea, saying the party office was located in a residential area. Armstrong, 52, chief of Tamil Nadu unit of the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), was hacked to death by a group of assailants on Friday.