Mysuru: In a chilling daylight incident, a 38-year-old man was brutally hacked to death on the busy Doddakere Maidan main road near Dasara Exhibition Grounds, leading towards Ittigegud in city this morning.

The deceased has been identified as Venkatesh alias Gilki Venkatesh, an autorickshaw driver by profession and a resident of Kyathamaranahalli near Ashwathkatte in city. He is survived by his wife, one son and a daughter.

Venkatesh was once a close associate of rowdy-sheeter Karthik, who was murdered similarly, in front of a hotel on T. Narsipur Road near Varuna, in May this year. Both had fallen out over a financial dispute, it is said.

How did it happen?

According to onlookers, the incident occurred at about 11.45 am, when a gang of about 5, who came in an autorickshaw and a two-wh

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