Jaipur: A history-sheeter was hacked to death with an axe in the city’s Kardhani area Wednesday night after a group of men rammed their pick-up vehicle into his SUV, forced it to stop and attacked him as he tried to flee.The victim, Vijay Bajiya, a resident of Jobner and a history-sheeter at Jobner police station, was travelling from Jobner to Jaipur in his Fortuner around 8pm when four to six men in a camper intercepted him in Jagdamba Nagar.The attackers rammed their camper into the Fortuner. Bajiya got out and tried to escape, but the men surrounded him and repeatedly struck him with axes and sticks. They fled in the camper after killing him. The entire attack reportedly lasted about five minutes.People at the scene recorded parts of the attack on their phones. Police reached the spot, took custody of the body and sent it to a mortuary. They also imposed a high-category stop-and-search operation across the area to track down the assailants.Police said their investigation had revealed an ongoing rivalry between the two sides over a case. Investigators also found that the attackers had been following Bajiya for several days. On Wednesday night, they pursued his Fortuner in the camper. When Bajiya tried to evade them by driving through the colony’s lanes, they rammed his vehicle to stop him before killing him as he attempted to run away.“We have the CCTV footage of the incident; it clearly shows that the accused had already planned the place and the timing of the attack, which shows that the accused had been following him for past several days,” said an official.
