Unidentified assailants hacked a man to death on Sunday morning here at Punjagutta in the city. It is learned that the assailants chased the man and hacked him brutally. The victim identified as Riyasath Ali died on the spot. Meanwhile, the assailants fled the spot after the incident. The incident has sent shock waves among the residents as it took place near Punjagutta police station.
The police inspected the spot along with the dog squad and collected details. It is learned that Ali was attacked in an act of revenge to murder by the assailants whose gangmate is believed to have murdered by Ali. The body was shifted to Gandhi Hospital for post-mortem. It is a third such incident that took place at Punjagutta this year where an auto driver hacked to death at Nagarjuna circle and a businessman from Vijayawada murdered on the road in the same area.
