A BJP functionary Jawahar was brutally assassinated in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu and died on the spot, reports said.
In a similar incident, Tamil Nadu unit general secretary V Ramesh was hacked to death in July by unidentified assailants near his house in Salem town of Tamil Nadu.
The 52-year-old Ramesh alias Auditor Ramesh was attacked with sharp-edged weapons and he died on the spot.