Hyderabad, Feb. 21 -- Slugfest erupted a day after a 50-year-old man, who filed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao, his nephew T Harish Rao and others in the Kaleshwaram project irregularities case, was killed in Bhupalpally town.

The deceased, Nagavelli Rajalingamurthy, was returning to Bhupalpally after attending a family function at Jangedu Shivaru Pakkirugadda on a two-wheeler at around 7.30 pm, when he was waylaid by five unidentified individuals at the Telangana coal miners' union office, Bhupalpally deputy superintendent of police Sampath Rao said.

"They attacked him with knives and axes, causing grievous injuries. Locals rushed him to a government hospit...