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Youth mowed down by van while escaping from police in Salem
Tension gripped Elampillai in Salem district on December 17 night and December 18 after T Saravanan (22), a power-loom weaver from Koneripatti near Elampillai, was killed in a road mishap around 7 pm. According to the police he was driving a 2-wheeler near Karikadaimedu when Magudanchavadi police were checking vehicles.
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“He took a sudden ‘U’ turn on the wrong side of the road to escape from the police who asked him to stop his bike and was mowed by a van,” a senior police officer said. But the agitated villagers claimed that he hit the brakes to stop the vehicle. They held the police personnel on the spot responsible for his death and went on a rampage.
The mob that could not be convinced by the police attacked Magudanchavadi inspector Raja Ranaveeran and Special Sub Inspector Palanisamy. The injured police personnel were taken to a private hospital in Ariyanoor for treatment.
The mob did not stop and burnt two police bikes that were parked in the place where the youth was killed and pelted stones on a few police vehicles. Villagers also did not allow the police to take the youth’s body for autopsy and resorted to a road blockade. The police had to use tear gas and also resort to a ‘lathi’ charge to disburse the mob. A few hundred police personnel from nearby districts were mobilised to bring the situation under control.
Superintendent of Police (SP) of Salem District P Rajan and Sankagiri Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) Paul Princely Rajkumar rushed to the spot and initiated peace talks with the villagers. The villagers alleged that the police harassed them in the pretext of vehicle check.
Many bikers have fallen from their bikes when they were stopped suddenly by the police, they alleged. Later the villagers allowed the body to be taken to the Salem Government Super Specialty Hospital, where an autopsy was performed on Sunday. After the autopsy, final rites were performed amid tight security on Sunday. Inspector General of Police (IG) West Zone A. Pari said that the situation was under control.
“A case has been registered against the assaulters for preventing policemen from discharging their duty and for assaulting them.
2 die in accident in Tirunelveli
Two persons including a three-year-old child died in road accidents in two different parts of Tirunelveli district, on Sunday. In the first accident on Friday, Raja (41) and his wife Shanthi (40), both construction labourers from Vannanpacheri near Thalayuthu in Tirunelveli district, were returning home atnight after the work. When they reached Vannanpacheri Post, an unidentified vehicle knocked them down. In the incident, both Raja and Shanthi sustained grievous injuries and were admitted to the Palayamkottai GH. On Sunday morning Raja succumbed to injuries, while Shanthi is still critical. Thalayuthu Police had booked a case and are investigating the incident. In the second accident on Sunday, Ponkaviyan (3), from Ullaru near Sivagiri in Tirunelveli district, died when he was run over by a van. When he tried to cross the main road to go to a shop the van had run over the child. In the incident Pon Kaviyan died on the spot. Following the incident Sivagiri Police booked a case and seized the van and arrested the driver of the van.
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