Bangalore, November 21: A 55-year-old realtor and RTI activist who once ran a Kannada weekly tabloid was hacked to death in front of his house in Vittalnagar, Chamarajpet, South Bangalore early on Tuesday morning.
Lingaraju Madaiah, former editor of the now-closed 'Maha Prachanda', was standing near the public water tap outside his house when a three-member gang attacked him with machetes and knives.
They repeatedly stabbed him and he died. His wife and two sons were fast asleep when the killing took place around 6 am, Chamarajpet police said.
Family members woke up hearing cries from passersby and shifted Lingaraju to Victoria Hospital where he was declared brought dead.
'Maha Prachanda' stopped publishing nearly five years back.
Meanwhile, family sources claimed that Lingaraju had filed a complaint with the Lokayukta against a city corporator sometime back. The Lokayukta recently raided the councillor and seized valuables.
But Chamarajpet police refused to confirm the allegations. "It is true that the family is alleging the involvement of the corporator. We will come to know the truth only when we arrest the real culprits," the police said.
Lingaraju also filed RTI queries pertaining to projects of big builders.
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