Almost seven years after a Tamil Nadu (TN) councillor and her husband, a DMK spokesperson, was attacked by a group of seven people suspected to be members of the All India Forward Bloc, and killed on the spot, Mumbai Crime Branch officers arrested one of the accused from his hideout in Sion. The arrested accused, 31-year-old Prakash Pandian, was hiding in the area since the last two years.

According to the police, in 2012, the couple – Virudhunagar municipality Councillor Dhanapandiammal and DMK Spokesperson S R Nagarajan – were on their way to a temple on a two-wheeler when the gang followed them and knocked their vehicle down. Then they attacked the duo with sharp-edged weapons. While the councillor died on the spot, Nagarajan succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital.