A 34-year-old lawyer was murdered by a gang in broad daylight at an eatery in Shenoy Nagar on Thursday.
According to the police, the victim Nityanand, a native of Ponvilainthakalathur in Thirukazhakundram, had been residing in Shenoy Nagar and practised law at Madras High Court.
On Thursday, Nityanand was at an eatery on Devaki Ammal Street in Shenoy Nagar, when a three-member sickle-wielding gang barged in and hacked him before fleeing on a two-wheeler.
The police suspect it to be a case of murder for revenge.
An officer said Nityanand’s father Kuppan was killed in Maraimalai Nagar last year for his alleged involvement in the murder of Vijayakumar of the same locality in 2012.
Nityanand could have been killed as retribution, said the officer. The Aminjakarai police have registered a case and are searching for the gang.