Hyderabad: A man was murdered by his roommate at a hostel in S. R Nagar late on Saturday night.
The victim, Venkat Ramana, a native of Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh and staying at Hanuman Hostel in S.R Nagar worked at an educational institution.
On Saturday night, Ganesh, roommate of Venkat who runs a barber shop in the ground floor of the same building came to the room and picked up an argument with Venkat over some issue.
During the argument, Ganesh took a knife he was carrying and attacked the victim leading to bleeding injuries and subsequently, Venkat died, said an official of S R Nagar police station.
On information, the S . R Nagar police reached the spot and shifted the body to the mortuary. A case is registered and an investigation is going on. Senior police officials visited the spot.