Police officer hacked to death in Tamil Nadu

A sub-inspector of Police,a decorated personnel who was once part of the STF that killed notorious forest brigand Veerappan,was hacked to death during daytime in Tirunelveli district.....

A sub-inspector of Police,a decorated personnel who was once part of the STF that killed notorious forest brigand Veerappan,was hacked to death during daytime in Tirunelveli district,even as a convoy of ministers was only a few hundred metres away. Police later claimed that it was a case of mistaken identity,though the intended target,too,was an official.

When R Vetrivel,44,the Sub-Inspector of Alwarkurichi police station,was returning to the station from taluk office on Thursday,a group of men attacked him with country bombs and hacked him with sickles and other sharp weapons. Police officers claimed that the gang members mistook Vetrivel for another person because he was wearing a helmet.

Right then,a convoy carrying state ministers M R K Panneerselvam and T P M Moideen Khan arrived at the spot en route to Kadayanellur where an inspection was scheduled. Seeing the convoy,the assailants ran away. The police personnel who were with the convoy chased the gang and fired at them,though they made their way after hurling bombs at the police party.

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A doctor who was part of the ministers inspection team immediately attended to Vetrivel before taking him to a nearby government hospital to give first aid. He was then taken to the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.

According to officials,it was a case of mistaken identity. According to preliminary investigation,the gang was hired by a person to kill an SI for deserting his sister, said DIG,Tirunelveli range,P Kannappan.

Senior officers said the target was Sub-Inspector Sivasubramanian of Kadayam police station. His wife had already filed a criminal case of dowry harassment against him. Her relatives tried their best to re-unite the couple,though he refused. We suspect that was the motive behind the plan, said Tirunelveli SP Asra Garg.

The assailants left behind two two-wheelers,one of which was registered in the name of one of her relatives that led to the suspicion,said investigating officials. Few persons had been arrested in connection with the murder and many were on the run,said police.

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