HYDERABAD: A 35-year-old labourer was bludgeoned to death by a petty vendor and his associates at Hayathnagar on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Madhusudhan Reddy, a worker at a fruit shop near Pullareddy Sweet Shop in Hayathnagar. Reddy, 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 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 associates started attacking the fruit shop workers with sticks. The accused chased Reddy and attacked him,” Hayathnagar inspector M Surender said.