Hyderabad, March 18 -- A senior Congress leader and former sarpanch Menchu Chakraya was brutally murdered by unidentified assailants on Monday, March 17, in Miryala village, Nutankal mandal of Telangana's Suryapet district.

According to local reports, Menchu Chakraya was a supporter of Thungathurthi Assembly constituencyCongress MLA Mandula Samuel. It is believed there is an internal power struggle between Samuel and Congress leader R Damodar Reddy.

On Monday, the Congress leader was on his way to attend an agricultural project when he was attacked with sharp objects by more than 10 people who belonged to the Kanakati Venkanna community, a fraction of the Congress party.

The men attacked Menchu Chakraya with a sharp weapon, severed his...