Malappuram: Manjeri Municipal councillor who was undergoing treatment after being hacked by a two-member gang following a dispute over vehicle parking passed away here on Wednesday. The deceased is identified as Muslim League leader Abdul Jaleel (52). 

Jaleel was attacked at around 11 pm on Tuesday at Payyanad following a dispute that erupted over vehicle parking.

Jaleel was travelling in his car with three of his friends. According to reports, he fell into a verbal fight with the two men while leaving the restaurant. 

He was attacked by the two men who arrived on a bike. The gang broke the glasses of Jaleel’s car and one of them hacked him with a machete. Jaleel, who sustained serious head injuries in the attack, was rushed to a private hospital in Perinthalmanna. He breathed his last on Wednesday while undergoing treatment.