Guntur: A reporter of a language daily M V V Shankar was brutally murdered on Tuesday night at Chilakaluripet town.

According to police, three two wheeler-borne assailants had attacked Shankar near his house and assaulted him with iron rods around 10 pm. He was immediately shifted to Guntur Government hospital where he died while undergoing treatment.

Sniffer dogs were pressed into service for clues. Shankar reportedly complained to Superintendent of Police about illegal activities and also filed some stories on them.

The police suspected that his complaints against the anti-social elements could have led to an attack on him.