Coimbatore: A five-member gang assaulted a cop when the latter attempted to nab them red-handed selling liquor illegally at Avinashi in Tirupur district on Saturday.
The Avinashi police have arrested four of the accused, while the remaining one is on the run.A police source said the incident occurred when 32-year-old L Thiruvengadam, a grade-II police constable with the Tirupur district armed reserve police, along with special police sub-inspector Sarveswaran, was on probation raids at Moolakattu Thottam at Sengalipalayam village near Thekkalur.“Thiruvengadam, who is working with the Avinashi unit of Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW), was in plain clothes.
He was sent as a decoy.
When the duo saw the people involved in illicit liquor sale, Thiruvengadam approached them for a bottle.
When they gave him the liquor bottle, he attempted to catch them.
Five of them then assaulted the cop using wooden logs, injuring him,” the source said.Meanwhile, the special police sub-inspector managed to nab four of them, who were handed over to the Avinashi police.
The arrested have been identified as P Nataraj, 53, partner of a restaurant at Thekkalur, his son N Sudhan, 20, and his farm workers V Muthusamy, 34 and V Sattampillai, 32, both natives of Mettupatti in Dindigul district.“K Logesh, 22, of Parapatti in Dindigul district, managed to escape and is still at large.
We have registered a case against all the accused,” the source said.