Inspector suspended over murder of criminal

CHENNAI: MGR Nagar police inspector Kalaiselvan has been placed under suspension for failing to keep track of criminals released from prison on bail.
Commissioner of police J K Tripathy suspended the inspector following the Munday’s murder in Kotturpuram of a rowdy who was released on bail recently.
Karthik alias MGR Karthik, 28, from Annamalai Street in Jafferkhanpet, was hacked to death by a rival gang near Kotturpuram at 5.30pm on Monday after he was granted bail last week.He was arrested in connection with a murder in 2011.
“Every police inspector has been asked to keep a tab on criminals in their jurisdiction. Station house officers are required to monitor criminals in their jurisdiction. They are also asked to keep under surveillance suspects released from prison on bail,” a police officer said.
Karthik and his friend Albert were riding motorbikes towards Cenotaph Road when rival gang members rammed Karthik’s two-wheeler with a car. Ten people jumped out of the car, chased and hacked him with sickles before driving away in the car, witnesses told police.