Congress leader hacked to death in Karnataka

Congress leader aged 52-year-old was allegedly hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in broad daylight in Sullia on Friday, said police.

The deceased, Ismail Nelyamajalu, was the Congress Minority Wing local Karavali Valaya (coastal unit) President.

Police said that after Friday prayers at a mosque Ismail was about to reach his car in Irvanadu in Sullia when miscreants attacked him with machetes. He died on the spot.

Also two years ago, Ismail and his wife Waheeda Ismail, who was the president of Bellare Grama Panchayat were attacked by miscreants. The latest attack could be a sequel to it, police said, adding that it could be personal and no communal angle had been revealed yet.