A realtor from Jawaharnagar, G Venkata Ratnam, was hacked and shot dead in a planned attack driven by an old grudge linked to a 1999 encounter. Police say the alleged mastermind, Chandan Singh, believed Ratnam betrayed his father two decades ago.

Hyderabad: What began as a father’s simple morning routine of dropping his daughter at school and returning home through familiar neighbourhood lanes ended in one of the city’s most chilling revenge-driven murders in recent years.

G Venkata Ratnam (54), a realtor from Jawaharnagar who was hacked and shot dead on Monday, was killed in a meticulously planned attack which is suspected to be a grudge simmering since 1999.

Ratnam had just left his daughter at school and was riding his scooter back when he was boxed in by an auto rickshaw coming in

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