CCTV captures Hyderabad businessman's daylight murder in planned attack with stones, knives and gun

The assault occurred at approximately 7.55 am in the Jawaharnagar area as Ratnam, a resident of Saket Colony involved in the construction and real estate sectors, was returning home after dropping his daughter at school.

A 45-year-old Hyderabad businessman was brutally murdered in a meticulously orchestrated, public attack on Monday morning, an incident captured in chilling detail by a nearby CCTV camera. The footage, which has since gone viral, shows Venkat Ratnam being rammed off his scooter, hacked with knives, bludgeoned with stones and finally shot at close range.

The assault occurred at approximately 7.55 am in the Jawaharnagar area as Ratnam, a resident of Saket Colony involved in the construction and real estate sectors, was returning home after dropping his daughter at school. According to the Jawaharnagar police, a group of six assailants, travelling in an autorickshaw and on a motorcycle, pursued and intercepted him.

The CCTV recording depicts the auto-rickshaw deliberately ramming Ratnam’s two-wheeler. He was then pushed to the ground and subjected to a sustained, savage attack with knives and stones while the assailants hurled abuses. The violence culminated with a gunshot.

Police reports indicate Ratnam sustained severe injuries to his neck, wrist, ear, cheek, chest and other areas and died on the spot. The assailants then fled, four in the autorickshaw and two on the motorcycle.