YSRCP youth leader hacked to death on busy main road in Andhra town
27-year-old Sheikh Rashid was assaulted for nearly 5 minutes in the presence of several onlookers. Police said there was no political motive behind the murder and that it was the fallout of a real estate deal.
A purported video of the assault has been doing the rounds on social media (Screenshot) A youth leader of the YSRCP has been hacked to death on the main road of Vinukonda town in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district.
Sheikh Rashid, 27, was the YSRCP’s youth wing secretary for Palnadu district. According to police, he was assaulted on Wednesday night with a sickle allegedly by one Sheikh Jilani.
Police said a dispute related to a real estate deal was behind the killing. Police are searching for the accused, who is on the run.
A purported video of the assault has been doing the rounds on social media. The assault lasted for nearly five minutes on the busy road by the Mandlamandi bus station in full view of dozens of people. Jilani, who appeared to be inebriated, kept attacking Rashid with the sickle even after he fell to the floor in a semi-conscious state.
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