VMC Sivakumar, AIADMK minister and former Speaker of Puducherry Assembly, was killed in cold blood today morning when a group of miscreants hurled countrymade bombs at him near Karaikal.

Sivakumar was Puducherry Assembly Speaker when he was with the DMK. He had joined AIADMK last year in April.

The incident occurred when Sivakumar was on his way to Niravi to inspect a wedding hall construction.

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In a case filed earlier, a woman had accused him of cheating her husband and threatened to kill him if he didn't give her money.

The law and order situation has deteriorated in this tourist destination of late with a spurt in the number of bomb attacks.

Recently, even a police station was under attack as assailants threw crude bombs at Mudhaliyarpettai Police station.