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Escape bid went mistaken
Three rowdies, reportedly recognized as Suryah alias Bend Suryah, Gautham and Ajith Kumar, had clashed with a police group led by Aynavaram SI Shankar on Sunday. When the police group challenged the trio throughout a automobile examine, a battle broke out, and the policemen have been reportedly attacked with iron rods.
SI Meena saves the day
The police group nabbed Surya from his hideout and was on the way in which again to Chennai when the incident occurred. Whereas the automobile was on the New Avadi Highway in Ayanavaram, Surya instructed the cops that he needed to take a leak, the newspaper mentioned. When the automobile was stopped on the roadside by some bushes, the accused shocked everybody by operating in direction of a close-by sugarcane store. He grabbed a knife from the shopkeeper and tried to flee the spot by terrorising the police get together.
Two policemen who tried to unarm him have been injured by Surya, forcing SI Meena and different officers to the spot. When the woman police officer fired a warning shot into the air, Surya rushed in direction of her with the weapon, the TOI report mentioned. Meena did not hesitate and shot the person beneath the knee – forcing him to break down on the highway.
Surya, together with the 2 policemen he injured, was rushed to the Authorities Kilpauk Medical Faculty Hospital.