Three booked in Coimbatore for stabbing youth

COIMBATORE: The rural police have booked three people for stabbing a youth at Sulur Pirivu on Wednesday evening.
The injured person was identified as G Surya Prakash, 21, of Sampath Street at Rathinapuri. “He was working in a bike showroom. Prakash had previous enmity with U Ashwin Kumar, 21, Kala, 21 and Ravi, 21, of Kannappa Nagar at Rathinapuri. He had recently posted a defamatory message on his Instagram page against the trio. On Wednesday evening, when Prakash and his friend M Nishanth Kumar, 20, a college student, were on the way to Sulur on a motorcycle, Ashwin, Kala, and Ravi stopped them at Sulur Pirivu and stabbed Prakash with a knife,” a police officer said.
Nishanth took Prakash to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).
The Sulur police registered a case against the trio under sections 294 (b), 324, 341 and 506 (ii) of the Indian Penal Code and formed a special team to nab them.
“Ashwin is facing two attempt-to-murder cases and assault cases at Rathinapuri police station,” the officer added.