Ludhiana, Nov. 12 -- A 50-year-old man was hacked to death following an altercation in Bapu Market, Daba, early on Wednesday. Police have arrested three of the six accused in the case and launched a search for the remaining three.

The deceased, Paramjeet Singh, a resident of Mahinder Nagar in Daba, had gone to the market to buy milk around 5.30 am when he got into an argument with the accused, who were known to him, police said.

According to his wife, Amandeep Kaur's complaint, the accused attacked Paramjeet with sharp-edged weapons during the scuffle and continued assaulting him even after he fell unconscious. They fled the spot after realising that he had died, she told the police.

Amandeep said she learnt about the attack shortly af...