செங்குன்றம்: A video of a special police assistant inspector in the Chengalpattu area being attempted to be attacked with a machete by an intoxicated youth has gone viral on social media.
In Tiruvallur district, near the Chengunram bus stand and police station, late the night before yesterday, a youth was causing a disturbance while intoxicated and carrying a machete.
On receiving the information, Chengunram Special Police Assistant Inspector Senthilkumar and another police officer rushed to the scene and tried to remove the youth involved in the disturbance from there and take him to the police station.
The young man, who refused to go with them, tried to attack Special Sub-Inspector Senthilkumar with a knife.
Recovering himself, he removed his uniform belt and swung it to protect himself from the attack. Additional police personnel were then called in, and with the help of the public, the intoxicated youth was subdued, apprehended, and taken to the police station.
During the inquiry conducted there, it was found that the young man was Dinesh (24), a resident of Srinivasan Street, Rettamalai, Naravarikuppam.
Since Dinesh was intoxicated, the police sent him home, saying he should come to the police station for questioning the next morning (Oct. 6). Dinesh, who left from there, has gone into hiding.
The police have registered a case in this regard and are intensively searching for Dinesh. Meanwhile, the video of the incident in which he, while drunk, tried to attack a special sub-inspector with a machete is going viral on social media.
