A municipal councillor of Mahabubabad civic body was axed to death by miscreants in broad daylight in the district headquarters town of Mahabubabad on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Banoth Ravi, 35, the eighth ward councillor of Mahabubabad municipality.
Ravi got elected as a councillor from the eighth ward as an independent candidate in the last civic body polls and reportedly joined the ruling TRS subsequently, sources said.