HYDERABAD: A 35-year-old labourer was bludgeoned to death by a vendor and his associates at Hayathnagar near Telangana capital Hyderabad on Thursday night.
The deceased, Madhusudhan Reddy — a worker at a fruit shop near Pullareddy Sweet Shop in Hayathnagar — along with Anand and Ramesh, worked at the fruit shop of Subhash.
On Thursday night, Subhash along with his employee, Ramesh, went to meet Sandeep Reddy, a businessman near Bhagyalatha area to collect Rs 720 from him.
As Sandeep did not repay the amount, Subhash took his bike and parked it at his fruit shop.
Later in the night, Sandeep, along with two of his associates, came to the fruit shop of Subhash and asked the employees who were sleeping there to return his bike.
"Sandeep and his associates had an argument with Subhash's employees. Sandeep's gang started attacking the fruit shop workers with sticks and they ran away from the spot. The accused chased one of the workers, Madhusudhan Reddy, and attacked him with sticks and boulders, killing him on the road near CRIDA," Hayathnagar inspector M Surender said.
In the assault, another fruit vendor, G Narasimha, also suffered a head injury.
Based on the complaint of Narasimha, police registered a case under sections 302, 307 of the IPC against Sandeep and others.
A man hunt has been launched.