Chennai

History-sheeter hacked to death in Koyambedu

A 29-year-old man was hacked to death at his father's house in Koyambedu on Tuesday night and police have launched a hunt for a five-member gang.

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The deceased B Srikanth Raj of Iyyapanthangal is a history-sheeter with two attempted murder charges pending against him, while he worked as a driver as well as a real estate agent.

Srikanth lived with his wife and two children in Iyyapanthangal and reached his father's house in Alwarthirunagar with a friend, identified as Karthik of Vadapalani.

As he was consuming alcohol with Karthik, Srikanth's father Balasubramani stepped out for dinner and returned home around 10 pm, when he found Srikanth lying dead in a pool of blood with hacking marks all over his body.

Since Karthik was missing, Balasubramani alerted police and a team from Koyambedu station rushed to the spot and retrieved his body for post-mortem at Kilpauk Medical College Hospital.

Preliminary inquiries revealed that he had an ongoing enmity with one Vellai Mani alias Vinothkumar over one-upmanship in the locality and a hunt has been launched to trace his five-member gang. Further investigation is on.

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