M V V Shankar who was the reporter of a regional daily was brutally murdered on Tuesday night at Chilakaluripet town, in Guntur. Three assailants who were riding a bike attacked Shankar near his house and hit him with iron rods around 10 pm. Shankar was rushed to the Guntur Government hospital where he died while undergoing treatment.
It is believed that anti-social elements took revenge of the complaints made by him to the superintendent of police about their illegal activities and the stories published in the newspaper regarding the same.