Indian gangsters hack rival to death - take leg

A wanted gangster from Kerala was hacked to death by a rival gang who also chopped off one of his legs. The incident happened in Pothencode, in the outskirts of Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram. The deceased, identified as Sudheesh was hacked to death in front of his wife and children. A dozen gangsters armed with machetes had come looking for Sudheesh in his home. In front of his shocked family, the gang chopped off one of his legs and left with it. The limb was found abandoned on a roadside.

The killing is said to be retaliation to an attempted murder of a rival gangster.