SALEM: A DMK branch secretary was shot dead with a country-made gun near Vazhapadi on Thursday night when an unidentified assailant opened fire at him as he was travelling with his wife on a motorcycle. Police have begun an investigation into the incident.

Rajendran (45), a farmer from Kirangadu hill village in Kalvarayanmalai, Salem, was the DMK branch secretary of Kirangadu. He lived with his wife Saritha, daughters Kokila (24) and Parimala (20), and son Naveenkumar (17).

He owned a farmland in the village where he usually stayed overnight. On Wednesday, around 7.30 pm, he left for the farm on a motorcycle with his wife.

While they were crossing a pothole at a short distance from their house, Saritha got down and walked behind while Rajendran continued slowly in the vehicle. At that

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