Lawyer hacked to death over family feud

A lawyer was hacked to death at the district court of Hospet in Vijayanagara district of Karnataka on Saturday morning allegedly over a family feud, police said.

T Venkatesh (48) was writing something when the assailant came with a machete and attacked the lawyer in the neck, killing him on the spot.

The accused Manoj N (21) has been arrested and a case of murder registered against him, the police added.