Key Highlights
- Muthalagu had been leading a series of protests in Madurai against a Tasmac shop located in his area.
- He had the support of the people, particularly women who opposed the shop being situated close to their residences.
- As an activist, he had also supported and facilitated several inter-caste marriages.
- This had irked a section of a dominant intermediate caste group in the area.
- In an act of cold, calculated revenge, he was hacked to death.
