Bengaluru, June 29 -- A history-sheeter was hacked to death by armed men in a brazen attack on a busy road in Bengaluru. Police suspect gang rivalry.

The incident near IG Circle on the JP Nagar road in the capital of Karnataka city, caught on CCTV cameras, showed attackers chasing Raja alias Halmuk Raja and assaulting him with machetes on Sunday evening.

Police said the assailants who arrived in a yellow-board car, intercepted Raja, and hacked him repeatedly even after he collapsed, and then they fled in the same vehicle.

Eyewitnesses watched in fear as Raja was attacked. He was rushed to a private hospital but succumbed to his injuries.

Raja had multiple cases of murder, attempted murder, and robbery in his name, police said.

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