Head constable saves stolen goat

Coimbatore: A head constable rescued a goat abandoned by two men at Karamadai in the early hours of Sunday.

Sivaprakash, while on patrol, spotted two men carrying a goat on a motorcycle on Kannarpalayam Road around 2am on Sunday. When the constable tried to stop them, they fled. On seeing that the constable was pursuing them, they abandoned the goat on roadside and managed to escape.

The incident happened around the same time when two thieves carrying a goat hacked to death a special sub-inspector of police in Trichy district. The sub-inspector tried to stop them. When they didn’t stop, he chased them but was hacked to death by the thieves.

Noting the similarity of both events, the Karamadai police formed a special team to nab the thieves who escaped after leaving the goat.

Meanwhile, the police released an audio message and a photograph of the goat on WhatsApp on Sunday morning and asked the owner to approach the station and get the goat. The cops requested the public to circulate the message to others.