Hyderabad, Dec 8 || A realtor, who had a criminal history, was brutally murdered by unidentified persons in Malkajgiri area of Hyderabad on Monday.
Venkatratnam, who was on his motorbike, was attacked by assailants near Foster Billabong School in Saket Colony under the limits of Jawahar Nagar Police Station.
The assailants stabbed the victim and also shot him, resulting in his death on the spot.
The killing in broad daylight shocked residents. Police rushed to the spot and shifted the body for postmortem examination.
Police recovered a sharp-edged weapon from the spot.
A case of murder has been registered at Jawahar Nagar Police Station of Rachakonda Commissionerate. Police were trying to identify the assailants through the CCTV footage around the area.