A 40-year-old Hindu Munnani functionary was hacked to death by a four-member gang in Coimbatore, leading to tension in the district and neighbouring Tirupur with the outfit calling for a bandh today.

Hindu Munnani is a religious and cultural organization based in Tamil Nadu.

Sasikumar, district spokesperson of the organisation, was returning home in Subramaniampalayam, in the outskirts, on a two-wheeler when the unidentified assailants chased him on motorcycles and attacked him with sickles late last night. He was immediately taken to a private hospital, where he died, police said. Hindu Munnani has called for a state-wide bandh today to protest against the killing of Sasikumar.