The Congress workers were reportedly targeting RLP MLA Beniwal, who had earlier levelled corruption charges on the Congress leader and the state revenue minister Harish Chaudhary
Cyclist, who has planned a group cycle tour from Kanyakumari to Kashmir alleges he got a WhatsApp call from Pakistan asking him to not go to the valley.
The deceased is identified as Mannu Vaishnav (45), who works as a newspaper hawker in the colony. Vaishnav had asked for the payments that were due to Rafique Khan. Khan hacked Vaishnav to death with an axe.