THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Money was snatched from youth after hacking him in broad daylight. Varghese, a resident at Perunkulam Machine Colony was hacked in the face and back. He has been hospitalized at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College. The incident was around 5 p.m. near Attingal. Babu and Renjith, members in the goon-team of infamous Siby and Kadakampally Biju, were arrested by the police in relation to the incident.

Varghese is a felon in the Sundaresan murder case. He had received a medical claim amount of Rs 65,000 on Thursday. Babu happened to notice the money in Varghese’s possession when he met him at a shop. He informed Siby and Biju about the money in Varghese’s hand, who was under the influence of liquor. They then followed Varghese and snatched the money after hacking him.

The police are in search of other culprits.