<p>A 70-year-old man was hacked to death in the parking lot of an apartment building in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/marathahalli" target="_blank">Marathahalli</a>, Southeast Bengaluru, on Monday, police said. </p>.<p>P N Narayanaswamy was found lying in a pool of blood inside the Indraprasth apartment complex located in Kaverappa Layout near Panathur around 11 am. </p>.<p>His wife Y B Ashwathamma told the Marathahalli police that he and their son Manikanta left home around 11 am to visit the sub-registrar office in KR Puram. Suddenly, she heard Manikanta shouting for help. She ran out of the house and was stunned to find her husband lying in a pool of blood in the parking lot.</p>.<p>Manikanta told her that as he was taking out the vehicle, an unidentified man attacked Narayanaswamy with a machete. Manikanta tried to rescue his father but the killer tried to attack him too. Manikanta got scared and screamed for help, forcing the killer to flee. </p>.<p>Manikanta saw the killer flee on a motorbike and join an accomplice, who was waiting for him on the road. Manikanta took the help of a water tanker driver to take Narayanaswamy to a hospital where he died later. </p>.<p>Narayanaswamy and Ashwathamma have three daughters and a son.</p>.<p>Manikanta married Archana eight years ago and they filed for divorce six months ago. Both families and well-wishers had a meeting and decided to give a flat, Rs 15 lakh in cash, and one acre and seven guntas of land to Archana. </p>.<p>Narayanaswamy and Manikanta were going to the sub-registrar’s office to register the flat in Archana’s name when the former was hacked to death. Police suspect that the murder occurred over a property dispute and are hunting for the killer. </p>
<p>A 70-year-old man was hacked to death in the parking lot of an apartment building in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/marathahalli" target="_blank">Marathahalli</a>, Southeast Bengaluru, on Monday, police said. </p>.<p>P N Narayanaswamy was found lying in a pool of blood inside the Indraprasth apartment complex located in Kaverappa Layout near Panathur around 11 am. </p>.<p>His wife Y B Ashwathamma told the Marathahalli police that he and their son Manikanta left home around 11 am to visit the sub-registrar office in KR Puram. Suddenly, she heard Manikanta shouting for help. She ran out of the house and was stunned to find her husband lying in a pool of blood in the parking lot.</p>.<p>Manikanta told her that as he was taking out the vehicle, an unidentified man attacked Narayanaswamy with a machete. Manikanta tried to rescue his father but the killer tried to attack him too. Manikanta got scared and screamed for help, forcing the killer to flee. </p>.<p>Manikanta saw the killer flee on a motorbike and join an accomplice, who was waiting for him on the road. Manikanta took the help of a water tanker driver to take Narayanaswamy to a hospital where he died later. </p>.<p>Narayanaswamy and Ashwathamma have three daughters and a son.</p>.<p>Manikanta married Archana eight years ago and they filed for divorce six months ago. Both families and well-wishers had a meeting and decided to give a flat, Rs 15 lakh in cash, and one acre and seven guntas of land to Archana. </p>.<p>Narayanaswamy and Manikanta were going to the sub-registrar’s office to register the flat in Archana’s name when the former was hacked to death. Police suspect that the murder occurred over a property dispute and are hunting for the killer. </p>
