CHENNAI: Two policemen and a home guard who had gone to interrogate a man said to have been involved in red sanders smuggling were allegedly assaulted by four men in Sholavaram on Thursday evening.
A senior police officer said the Arivuchelvan, a constable attached to communal intelligence wing, Muthukrishnan, a constable attached to Esplanade police station and Perumal, a home guard attached to Korrukupet police station were to interrogate Kabeer of Nagathamman Nagar. However, it is still unclear why policemen from different wings had gone together and under whose direction, police sources said.
“Kabeer was allegedly involved in a red sanders smuggling case earlier. To inquire with him, the three had gone in Perumal’s car to Sholavaram,” said the officer.
“The policemen reached the spot around 8 pm and found that Kabeer was not there. They were interrogating one Karthiravan (27) which led to a fight,” added the officer. It is said that a fight broke out and in the melee Shanmugham, Krishnamurthy, Muniyandi and Nagendran Kumar started assaulting the policemen.
By then a local who spotted this, alerted the control room and a team of personnel from Sholavaram police station rescued the policemen.
The policemen who sustained head injuries are undergoing treatment at Stanley Medical College Hospital. Also, the four men were arrested and investigation is on.
Another police officer said the three policemen had come to Sholavaram based on a tip-off that Kabeer was hiding in his village.
“They had come to interrogate him when they were attacked. We were not aware that the police team had come to the village. It was only after the incident we received the call,” said an official at Sholavaram police station.
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