LUCKNOW, June 16 -- A 40-year-old cab driver was hacked to death with a sharp-edged weapon in Lucknow's Rahimabad area late Sunday night, in what police suspect was a murder driven by personal enmity arising from an extramarital relationship.

The victim, identified as Sanjay Kumar, was attacked inside his home in Mawai Kala village under Hamid Kheda locality. According to police, the murder was allegedly carried out by the husband of the woman Sanjay was in a relationship.

"Sanjay Kumar was attacked late at night at his residence. An FIR under murder charges and other relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered," said the additional deputy commissioner of police (North), JK Dubey. "Multiple teams, includin...