RAMANATHAPURAM: A suspect in a Pocso case attacked a police constable, who had come to arrest him, with a machete near Sayalkudi on Saturday.
The constable sustained injuries on his thigh and was hospitalised. Police said the suspect, Jesuraj alias Ashok Kumar, was arrested in 2021 in a Pocso case. He had recently come out on bail but he failed to appear before the court.
A warrant was issued, and Constable Kalimuthu along with two other personnel went to apprehend him on Saturday. “When the policemen tried to nab him, Jesuraj took a machete and attacked them,” the sources added.