Bengaluru, Sep 4 (PTI) Unidentified assailants attacked a man with sharp-edged weapons at a restaurant here on Monday evening, police said.

The victim was identified as V K Gurusamy from Tamil Nadu's Madurai, they said.

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Guruswamy was at Sukh Sagar restaurant when he was attacked with sharp-edged weapons by unidentified assailants, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru East, Bheemashankar Guled said.

Police rushed him to the hospital, where he is undergoing surgery, he said.

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According to preliminary investigation, Gurusamy is part of a criminal gang. He and his gang members were involved in various criminal activities. A rival gang had hatched a plan to eliminate him, the DCP said.

The two gangs have been rivals for the past 35 years, he said.

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