India, Sept. 17 -- Police have arrested five people in connection with the murder of a 26-year-old man in Secunderabad's Tukaramgate area, saying the killing stemmed from a nearly three-year-old grudge over the victim's role in helping a couple from different castes marry against family opposition.

The victim, Burugu Karthik, was attacked with a knife and a wooden stick near a Ganesh mandapam outside the accused family's house in Sai Nagar on September 13, and later succumbed to his injuries at Gandhi Hospital, according to Lallaguda police.

Police said Karthik had earlier helped one Rajahmandry Karthik marry Bhanu Sri, daughter of the main accused, on November 4, 2023, a union her family had opposed. The accused had since harboured hos...