29-yr-old man gets shot as gun misfires while poaching hares

Coimbatore: A 29-year-old farmer got shot on chest accidentally while trying to poach hares along with two of his friends on his farmland at Ettiveerampalayam near Perumanallur in Tirupur district in the early hours of Sunday. The Perumanallur police have arrested one of his friends in connection with the incident, while the other one is on the run.

A police officer identified the injured as P Murugesh, of Karupparayar Thottam at Ettiveerampalayam. “Around 2.30am on Sunday, he, along with Mahendran, 31, and Chandran, 30, went to his farmland to poach hares. They had a gun with them. Mahendran misfired the gun and the pellet hit Murugesh on his left side of chest.”

Murugesh was rushed to the government hospital in Tirupur, from where he was later shifted to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital.

Initially, Murugesh told police that unidentified people had opened fire at him while he was irrigating the farmland.

“But finally, he confessed that he was hunting hares along with his friends. We have registered a case against the trio under the Arms Act and arrested Mahendran. Chandran has gone into hiding. Murugesh will be arrested after getting discharged from the hospital,” the officer said.