After a lull, faction killing reared its ugly head once more in the Rayalaseema region, with the hacking of 2 local Telugu Desam Party leaders.
According to information coming in, the two TDP leaders, Vishwanath Reddy and Maheshwar Reddy, are brothers.
The attack on the brothers took place inside their residence at Nakkaldinne in YSR district (formerly Kadapa district), when some unidentified persons made their way forcibly inside and attacked the inmates with sharp-edged weapons.
Apart from hacking the brothers to death, a woman inmate was also seriously injured in the attack.
The attackers came in a car and were armed with sickles and axes, according to eyewitnesses.
Police have registered cases against 8 persons believed to have been involved in the factional war with the brothers, and have launched a manhunt to nab them.