Unidentified persons hacked a 24-year-old printing operator to death in KS Layout police limits on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Nagaraju, a resident of Kanakanagar.
The police said they were tipped off that a few persons were wandering suspiciously brandishing lethal weapons at a ground near Balaji Residency in Yelachenahalli. When the police rushed to the spot, Nagaraju was lying in a pool of blood. He was taken to a nearby hospital, but doctors declared him brought dead.
Old rivalry is suspected to be the cause for the murder. A search has been launched to arrest the assailants, added the police.
According to sources, the deceased, his friends Mohan Kumar and Kiran and a few others got into an argument at a bar in Kanakanagar. After coming out of the bar, Nagaraj was attacked and stabbed.
DH News Service
Published 08 June 2009, 19:27 IST