Congress leader attacked with knife, killed in public in Hyderabad

Commotion prevailed at a Congress party meeting at Hassannagar in Rajendranagar when a Congress local leader was attacked and killed in full public view on Saturday evening.

The deceased, Mohd Maqbool alias Maqbool Ustad, was present at the meeting with the assailant, who slit the



former’s throat using a knife. After seeing the killing, people ran away from the public meeting as it caused panic.

The police who were nearby reached the spot of offence and after preliminary enquiry shifted the body for postmortem examination to the Osmania Hospital mortuary.