The receptionist of a hotel near Thampanoor here was hacked to death on Friday. The police arrested the alleged assailant within a few hours of the incident that was captured on the surveillance cameras in the hotel.
The Thampanoor police identified the victim as Deenan, alias Ayyappan, 34, of Nagercoil. He was attacked by Ajesh, alias Subhash, of Nettampally in Nedumangad around 8.30 a.m., the police said.
Ajesh, who reached the hotel near Overbridge on a motorcycle, rushed towards Ayyappan who was sitting at the reception counter and hacked him with a machete. He then fled from the scene, the police said. A room boy who was at the hotel at the time had gone to the rear side of the building to dispose of garbage.
