A key accused in the murder of BSP Tamil Nadu chief K Armstrong was shot dead here on Sunday after he attempted to assault police personnel and flee from custody, police said.
When the accused, K Thiruvengadam, was taken by sleuths to a location in north Chennai as part of the investigation to unearth weapons concealed in a spot, he assaulted a policeman and tried to escape and he was shot at by a police officer.
He was taken to a hospital, where he was declared by doctors as brought dead.
Thiruvengadam, in his thirties, is one of the 11 accused arrested in the Armstrong murder case and is a history sheeter. A couple of days ago, a court here had granted police five-day custody of the accused persons.