Kerala: Hotel receptionist hacked to death

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 34-year-old receptionist from Tamil Nadu was allegedly hacked to death on Friday at a hotel in the heart of the capital city here by an unidentified person, police said.

Tamil Nadu native Neelan alias Ayyappan, who was sitting at the reception of a hotel in

Thampanoor

here, was murdered by a person who came in a motorbike.

"The

CCTV

visuals show a man carrying a machete walking into the hotel reception and hacking him to death. He escaped after the murder. The search is on," police said.

Police is yet to ascertain the motive behind the murder.

The room boy, who returned to the hotel, saw the body and informed the police.
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