<p>Chennai: The Madras High Court on Sunday held a special sitting to hear a plea of the wife of slain Tamil Nadu BSP president K Armstrong, seeking to bury his body at the party office here. The HC allowed the burial to be held in neighbouring Tiruvallur district.</p><p>The government opposed the plea, saying the party office was located in a residential area.</p><p>Armstrong (52), chief of Tamil Nadu unit of the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), was hacked to death by a group of assailants on Friday.</p>.BSP leader K Armstrong's murder 'not political', says police; arrests eight suspects.<p>His wife moved the HC with a plea to bury him in the party office here. The plea came up before Justice V Bhavani Subbaroyan.</p><p>The government opposed the plea saying it was a residential area and that it had identified three others spots for the burial.</p><p>Additional Advocate General J Ravindran later informed the judge that the government had allowed the burial to be held at a land belonging to Armstrong's relative in Pothur in Tiruvallur district and the necessary orders were also given for the process.</p><p>The petitioner also accepted the proposal, following which the judge directed that Armstrong's body be buried at Pothur.</p><p>The judge directed the petitioner to hold a peaceful funeral procession and asked the police to give protection.</p>
<p>Chennai: The Madras High Court on Sunday held a special sitting to hear a plea of the wife of slain Tamil Nadu BSP president K Armstrong, seeking to bury his body at the party office here. The HC allowed the burial to be held in neighbouring Tiruvallur district.</p><p>The government opposed the plea, saying the party office was located in a residential area.</p><p>Armstrong (52), chief of Tamil Nadu unit of the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), was hacked to death by a group of assailants on Friday.</p>.BSP leader K Armstrong's murder 'not political', says police; arrests eight suspects.<p>His wife moved the HC with a plea to bury him in the party office here. The plea came up before Justice V Bhavani Subbaroyan.</p><p>The government opposed the plea saying it was a residential area and that it had identified three others spots for the burial.</p><p>Additional Advocate General J Ravindran later informed the judge that the government had allowed the burial to be held at a land belonging to Armstrong's relative in Pothur in Tiruvallur district and the necessary orders were also given for the process.</p><p>The petitioner also accepted the proposal, following which the judge directed that Armstrong's body be buried at Pothur.</p><p>The judge directed the petitioner to hold a peaceful funeral procession and asked the police to give protection.</p>