India News | Lawyer Hacked to Death over Family Feud

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. : A lawyer was hacked to death at the district court of Hospet in Vijayanagara district of Karnataka on Saturday morning allegedly over a family feud, police said.

Hospet(Karnataka), Feb 27 (PTI): A lawyer was hacked to death at the district court of Hospet in Vijayanagara district of Karnataka on Saturday morning allegedly over a family feud, police said.

T Venkatesh (48) was writing something when the assailant came with a machete and attacked the lawyer in the neck, killing him on the spot.

The accused Manoj N (21) has been arrested and a case of murder registered against him, the police added.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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