Ludhiana, March 30 -- A Congress leader was hacked to death in the Machhiwara area here, police said on Sunday.

According to the eyewitnesses, Parminder Tiwari, block Congress president, was sitting outside rental quarters along the Hadiyan Road near Takhran village when two unidentified men arrived on a motorcycle and one of them attacked Tiwari with an axe, striking him repeatedly on the head.

"The incident occurred around 6.30 pm. Tiwari collapsed on the spot, bleeding profusely as the assailants fled towards Malwa Chowk," they added.

Locals rushed the victim to a private hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

The attack took place in the jurisdiction of Koom Kalan police station. Residents alleged that despite making...