coimbatore a 58yearold dmk functionary in tirupur was hacked to death during his morning walk on monday the victim v subramaniam a local dmk leader in anupparpalayam involved in realestate business had kept away from work over the last six months police are looking into the motive behind the murder subramaniam was the district representative for the dmk party at 5am on monday he went for his morning walk after which he had a cup of tea at a bakery near the anupparpalayam bus stop as he was returning home he was waylaid by a group of people on a motorcycle and attacked him with a sickle he was severely injured and died on the spot locals informed the velampalayam police who held an inquiry the body was sent to tirupur government hospital for postmortem police claimed that subramaniam had contested for the post of party union secretary but he was defeated by another local party leader by two votes police suspect that this may have caused some political rivalry also subramaniams son muthukumar 26 had fallen in love with a local dmk leaders daughter but her father did not accept their relationship police suspect that family problems may have led to the murder and are investigating this angle too we have formed two special teams and are looking at various angles as of now we are yet to get any vital clues in connection with the case said deputy commissioner of police thirunavukkarasu