TIRUPATI: Chinna Muniyappa (50), the sarpanch of Kommanuthala village in Lingala mandal in Kadapa district was hacked to death by his rivals using a sickle on Tuesday.
The incident happened when Muniyappa was returning home on a two-wheeler after attending a training session for sarpanches at the Pulivendula MPDO’s office.
According to sources, the miscreants waited for him and hacked him to death and fled from the spot.
Locals termed it the first faction-related instance of violence in the area in the recent past.
