A 67-year-old man, who served as the watchman of a church in Hatton, was brutally hacked to death in an attempt to steal funds from the church's donation box.
The Hatton Police initiated investigations following a tip received about the suspicious death of the church watchman near the railway station road in Hatton last morning.
Preliminary findings indicate that an unidentified assailant entered the church premises and attacked the guard with a weapon, resulting in his tragic demise. The primary motive behind the heinous act was to break into the donation box and steal the collected funds.
Police said that the entire incident was captured on the church's CCTV footage, providing crucial evidence for their ongoing investigation.
