THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A popular radio jockey was hacked to death on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday while he was sitting with his friend at his studio in Thiruvananthapuram.

Rajesh alias Rasikan Rajesh , 36, was also a mimicry artist as well as a folk singer. According to the rural district police, the crime took place around 2am at the sound recording studio - Metro Studio - owned by Rajesh at Madavoor under Pallickal police station limits.

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Rajesh and his friend Kuttan had just returned from a stage programme and were loading their equipment back into the studio, when unidentified assailants who came in a red Maruti Swift car attacked them with sharp weapons. Both of them were rushed to the hospital by the police, who were alerted by the local residents, who heard the commotion.

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Rajesh succumbed to his injuries at a hospital at Parippally while Kuttan is undergoing treatment at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital.

Rajesh has worked with Red FM as an RJ for several years before joining Voice of Kerala FM station in Doha. He recently returned from abroad and joined a mimicry troupe. He leaves behind a wife and a son.

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