Security guard at Jaya’s estate hacked to death

group of men on Monday hacked to death a middleaged security guard and seriously injured another at a sprawling estate in Tamil Nadu’s Kodanad, owned by former state chief minister J Jayalalithaa.

Police said the murder by unknown assailants took place between 11.30pm on Sunday and 1.30am on Monday.

No missing property complaints were filed but local police said the gang of eight men were after some important documents.

The dead guard was identified as Om Bahadur while the injured staff, Krishna Bahadur, is being treated at a local hospital. Police are questioning several people, including employees at the Kodanad estate.

No fire arms were used in the attack , according to police sources. No CCTV footage was available.