TUTICORIN: A police sub-inspector was hit by a drunk driver of a goods carrier who was angered by the cop’s warning to behave himself, late Sunday night in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin district.
The incident took place when V Balu (55), attached to the Eral police station, was riding pillion behind constable Pon Subbaiah (35) on night patrol. R Murugavel (39) chased and hit their bike at high speed with his goods carrier, killing Balu on the spot. Subbaiah is in hospital.
After the killing, Murugavel fled the spot. He surrendered before the Vilathikulam judicial magistrate on Monday morning. The magistrate ordered that he be remanded in the district jail and produced before the Srivaikuntam court on February 5.
This is the second murder of a policeman in Tuticorin district in less than five months. On August 18 last year, constable Subramanian (28) was killed when a history-sheeter threw a country bomb at him.