Thiruvananthapuram: A radio jockey and folk singer was hacked to death while another person was injured in an attack by a four-member gang early on Tuesday at his studio in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram.

The deceased, Rajesh (34) was a former RJ with a private FM channel.

Rajesh, along with his friend Kuttan, had just returned from a stage performance and were unloading their equipment when unidentified assailants came in a red car and attacked them with sharp weapons, the report said.

Both of them were rushed to the hospital by the police, who were alerted by the local residents, the report added.

Rajesh succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital, while Kuttan is currently recovering from his injuries.

The police has not identified the culprits and is yet to establish the motive behind the attack, the report said.

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Prayagraj, Jan 24 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.

The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right.

Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, observed, "Religious places are for offering prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers cannot be claimed as a matter of right, particularly when often such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents".

At the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.

The court also noted that the petitioner did not have locus to file the writ petition.

The term 'locus' is a legal concept that refers to the right of a person or entity to participate in a legal proceeding or bring a lawsuit.