Hyderabad: A 40-year-old daily wage worker was bludgeoned to death allegedly by a labourer at Chikkadpally on Wednesday. Police shifted the body for a post-mortem examination (PME) and arrested the accused. The deceased was identified as Subhash, a daily wage worker.On Wednesday morning, locals alerted police about Subhash lying dead in front of a kirana shop in Ashok Nagar, Chikkadpally. “Subhash was found dead with severe bleeding injuries on his forehead and right eye in front of the grocery store,” assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Chikkadpally, G Ranveer Reddy said.The body of the victim was shifted to Gandhi Hospital mortuary for the PME. A case was registered by the Chikkadpally police under Section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). During the preliminary probe, police collected the CCTV camera footage from a nearby shop. The footage analysis revealed that when Subhash was asleep in front of the shop, he was repeatedly attacked with a hammer by a man.Police identified the accused as Naresh, 35, a tent house worker. Task Force police were roped in and they picked up Naresh from Chikkadpally and handed him over to the local police on Wednesday evening.“Subhash and Naresh knew each other for about a decade. They used to do labour and scrap collection work. Naresh confessed that Subhash used to assault him and steal his money. Due to a grudge, Naresh attacked Subhash with a hammer when the latter was asleep and killed him,” the ACP said.The accused was produced before a court on Thursday and sent to judicial remand.
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