A local leader of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) was hacked to death by unidentified assailants at Teldarupalli village in Khammam rural mandal on Monday.
The deceased was identified as 62-year-old Tammineni Krishnaiah, a staunch follower of the TRS leader and former minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, of Teldarupalli.
Mr. Krishnaiah was riding pillion on a motorcycle when some five unidentified persons travelling in an autorickshaw hit the bike from behind, on the outskirts of Teldarupalli.
