Chandigarh, June 19 -- Four days after a 31-year-old man was brutally beaten and stabbed to death by a group of 10 to 15 assailants in Mauli Jagran, police said they have arrested four accused and recovered two of the weapons used in crime. Efforts are on to identify and trace the remaining accused, police said.

The case had come close on the heels of a cashier's murder at a chemist shop in Sector 11, raising questions over the deteriorating law and order condition in a city which was once known for its quiet, peaceful way of living.

Police said preliminary probe has revealed the accused had previous enmity with the victim, Tota Ram, which led to the crime.

According to his friend, Akash, who is the complainant in the case, they had go...