The main accused Tinku Anwar, who was out on bail, first attacked the victim's husband with a knife in a busy market place before fleeing away with his accomplices.
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.