villupuram a pmk functionary was hacked to death by a gang on thursday night near vikravandi in villupuram district the deceased has been identified as aadhithiyan 45 joint secretary of villupuram unit of the pmk he hailed from a village near vikravandi police have detained nine people under suspicion and have begun inquiriespolice said aadhithiyan was returning home on his motorcycle when a gang on motorcycles intercepted him on the vikravandikumbakonam road seeing the armed gang he abandoned his bike and started running but the gang chased him and hacked himhe sustained severe cut injuries in his head neck shoulders and limbs and died on the spot the assailants escaped on motorbikes after ascertaining that he was deadthe road junction is one of the busiest parts in the region and passersby ran helterskelter when they saw the gang brutally attacking him one of the witnesses alerted vikaravandi police tension gripped the hamlet as soon as news spread that a pmk functionary was murdereda police team led by villupuram sp n shreenath made preliminary inquiries forensic experts combed the crime scene for clues inquiries revealed that enmity prevailed between the deceased and some of his distant relatives owing to a dispute in the 2018 local body elections the rivalry compounded when they started competing in establishing their real estate and sand mining businesses in the region police saidtnn