CHENNAI: Madras high court on Friday cancelled bail granted to 12 accused in the murder of BSP state leader K Armstrong and directed them to surrender on or before March 6. The court, however, refused to cancel the bail granted to two women accused, Anjalai and Malarkodi.Justice K Rajasekar passed the order while allowing a plea moved by Armstrong’s wife, Porkodi, seeking to cancel the bail granted to 14 accused in connection with her husband’s murder.According to Porkodi, the sessions court granted bail to the accused solely on the ground that the probe was transferred from the Tamil Nadu police to the CBI. Now, since the Supreme Court stayed the CBI probe, she wanted the court to cancel the bail.The Tamil Nadu police also moved a separate petition seeking cancellation of bail granted to the accused in the case.Armstrong, who was the Tamil Nadu state president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), was hacked to death near his residence in 2024. Police filed charges against 29 individuals, including Nagendran (now deceased) and his son, Aswathaman. Of them, 27 were arrested, while two are still absconding.
