SALEM: A history-sheeter was hacked to death by an unidentified three-member gang near Suramangalam in Salem on Monday, shortly after he had signed at a crime branch office as part of anticipatory bail conditions in a case.
He died on the spot,” said an officer at the Suramangalam police station. David had recently been named in a land fraud case being investigated by the Salem city central crime branch police. He secured anticipatory bail in the case. As part of the anticipatory bail conditions, he was required to sign daily at the crime branch office near Five Roads.
The murder ed man has been identified as David alias Udhayakumar, 42, of Jagir Ammapalayam. He was an accused in the 2019 murder of Madhes, a warder at the Salem Central Prison. David was into real estate businesses and had several criminal cases pending against him, including murder, attempt to murder and assault cases. The case, linked to a dispute involving a woman, is being tried by a court here.
They registered a case and launched a search for the attackers.
The motive behind the murder was not known, police said. Police recovered the body and sent it to Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital for postmortem.