Pune: A group of men hacked a man to death after shooting him in the head at a highway restaurant near Pune last evening, NDTV reported.
The murder of the 34-year-old Avinash Balu Dhanve, a property dealer, is suspected to be from gang rivalry.
The incident took place at a restaurant on Pune-Solapur highway, about 140 km from the city centre when Dhanve and three others were sitting at one of the tables.
Footage from CCTV, reportedly showed, a family of four, including two children, eating at another table when the incident took place.
Two men, one of them holding a plastic bag got in and shot Dhanve in the head as he was speaking on the phone. The three men with Dhanve fled the spot.
Six more men ran into the restaurant with one of them hacking at Dhanve, who then falls to the ground.
The family seated at the next table ran to the exit. Just as Dhanve lies motionless, the attackers rush out.
Police said preliminary probe suggests a rivalry between two gangs behind the killing, according to the report.