TIRUCHY: A constable of the Tamil Nadu Special Police on duty suffered a fracture in his right leg after being hit by a car linked to senior TVK leader Aadhav Arjuna.
The incident occurred during TVK leader Vijay’s election campaign near the MGR statue at Marakkadai in Tiruchy on Thursday.
The injured constable was identified as S Sathishkumar (28) from Karur, attached to the 1st Battalion of the Tamil Nadu Special Police in Tiruchy.
According to police, Sathishkumar was on duty during Vijay’s campaign at the MGR statue at Marakkadai area in Tiruchy city, where the leader Vijay addressed supporters and conducted his election campaign after filing his nomination to contest from Tiruchy East constituency.
Around 1 pm, after Vijay left the spot after his campaign, TVK cadres reportedly moved the barricades to get a better view of him and step out. During this time, the cadres allegedly pushed Sathishkumar, who was standing near the MGR statue, into a car belonging to TVK General Secretary (Election Campaign Management) Aadhav Arjuna.
The car driver failed to stop in time and hit the constable. In this, Sathiskumar sustained a fracture to his right leg. Seeing this, police and TVK cadres rescued him from under the vehicle and admitted him to Tiruchy MGMGH for treatment via 108 ambulance. Aadhav Arjuna was reportedly not inside the car at the time of the incident, police said.
Following the incident, the Traffic North Investigation Wing registered a case against the car driver M Aravind (32) of Ariyapuram in Chennai on charges of rash and negligent driving, endangering human life or posing a risk of injury under sections 281 and 125(a) of BNS. Further investigations are on.