Neeraj BaliChandigarh, July 14 -- An accused in a six-year-old sacrilege case was brutally hacked to death by unidentified masked intruders at his home in Ladpur Turan village of Fatehgarh Sahib district late last night.
The victim, identified as Mewa Singh (51), had been out on bail for the last seven months. Police have launched a massive investigation to track down the assailants, who managed to flee the scene after the attack.
According to the police, the incident took place around 1:30 AM when the attackers entered the house and assaulted Singh with sharp-edged weapons, severing his head and one of his hands.
The victim's daughter, who witnessed the horrific attack, said she and her mother woke up to her father's desperate cries for...