Hyderabad man hacked to death in full public view

Naveen S Garewal 
Tribune News Service
Hyderabad, April 1

In a shocking incident, a man was hacked to death in broad daylight in Hyderabad’s Mailardevpally on Thursday afternoon.

The police are suspecting revenge killing as the deceased was himself accused of murder. The incident happened around 1:30 pm when the victim was seen moving alone on a two-wheeler in the area. 

The accused used a machete on the victim causing multiple injuries. Due to the manner in which the killing happened, police suspect it to be a revenge killing.

The victim has been identified as Asad Khan, a resident of Mailardevpally in Rajendranagar division. 

Giving details, the police said Asad was travelling on a two-wheeler when a group of assailants attacked him on Shastripuram road.

A video was recorded by an eyewitness, in which a youth can be seen using a machete to land blows on Asad, who was lying on the road bleeding. After the attack, the youth threw the machete and fled.

R Sanjay Kumar, ACP, Rajendra Nagar, told the media that police suspected a personal enmity to be behind the murder.

“We are in the process of verifying the CCTV footage. We have already received some crucial leads. Two teams have been formed to investigate the murder. In 2018, Asad Khan was involved in a murder of a person called Amjad Khan. It is likely that Amjad Khan’s people are behind this murder. The investigation is underway,” he said.

Asad was moved to Osmania General Hospital by some good Samaritans, but the doctors declared him brought dead.