Kurnool:A local Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader was allegedly hacked to death by his political rivals in broad daylight near Belum caves in Kurnool district of Karnataka on Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as Mandula Subbarao who hails from Chintalayapalle village in Kurnool district’s Kolimigundla Mandal.
The daylight murder has left the residents of the area in shock as the assailants reportedly came in a four-wheeler, dragged the TDP leader out of his vehicle and then stabbed him.
AP: TDP leader hacked to death in Kurnool According to police, 12 assailants stabbed him before bludgeoning him to death with boulders.
Police have said that the accused persons belong to the ruling-YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and are suspected to have committed the crime for political supremacy.
An FIR has been registered in the matter and further investigation is underway.
This comes after TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday spearheaded a protest march towards the state assembly against the 'vindictive attacks' on his party leaders by Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy-led YSRCP government.
TDP has alleged that as many as 13 of its party workers were killed and 650 workers were attacked in the past six months.
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