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 2 am at the sound recording studio - metro studio - owned by Rajesh at Madavoor under Pallickal police station limits.