Six held for assaulting policemen

CHENNAI: A brawl among drunk men early on Sunday in Thideer Nagar, Otteri, ended in fisticuffs between the men and members of a police team. In the melee, the gang assaulted the police and damaged patrol vehicles, a police statement said. The police then nabbed six members of the gang.


The statement said personnel attached to G-5 Secretariat Colony police station received a tip that a ten-member gang were causing nuisance to public in Thideer Nagar. “ About eight of us, including head constables, reached the spot in our vehicles and tried to pacify the gang,” said an investigating officer. However, the gang turned their ire on the cops and assaulted them, leading to a damaged windshield on the patrol car.

The suspects who were arrested were identified as I Sakthivel, B Srinivasan, M Siva, R Karthik, U Prabhu and G Parthiban. The injured

policemen

were treated as outpatients at the Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital.

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