Hyderabad, May 6 -- A water lineman was attacked by local residents at Wadi e Saleheen, Shaheennagar, Hyderabad, for stopping the water supply 15 minutes before the regular scheduled timings.

Aejaz Hussain, a lineman of HMWS&SB went to Wadi - e - Saleheen Colony, Phase 1, on Monday evening and released water. After 45 minutes, due to a low level of water, he stopped the supply.

On noticing the water supply had stopped, a local resident confronted the lineman, and an argument took place between them. Both soon exchanged blows, and in a fit of anger, the man attacked Aejaz Hussain with an iron rod.

"Regularly, I supply the water for one hour. Due to a shortage, the water was supplied for 45 minutes, and the supply stopped,' Hussain told ...