Ferozabad, Aug 10: Unidentified persons today hacked to death a local BSP leader in the Baghdad Nagar locality of the city, police said. The persons barged into the house of the BSP leader Nooruddin Abbasi early in the morning and looted valuables and cash before hacking him to death, they said. Senior officials have reached the spot and a manhunt had been launched to nab the culprits. Agitated over the killing, an irate mob later blocked traffic on the national highway for four hours. The blockade was lifted after senior officials intervened, police added. Bureau Report