Chennai: One of the eight special teams formed soon after the brutal murder of a Special Sub-Inspector of police attached to Navalpattu police station in Tiruchi district, has arrested four persons for hacking him to death.
According to sources, two of the four were minors. It is said that the arrested belonged to Thogur near Kallanai in Thanjavur district.
S Boominathan, 50, along with another policeman, was on patrolling duty at 2.30 am on Sunday when he spotted two unidentified men on a motorbike carrying a goat. Suspecting that they might be goat thieves, Boominathan attempted to intercept them. But they did not stop and fled.
The SSI managed to intercept them at Pallathupatti near Tiruchi – Pudukottai national highway in Keeranur police station limits around 3.00 a.m, said police sources.
As the SSI was trying to contact the police station, the unidentified persons attacked him with sharp weapons on his head killing him on the spot before fleeing from the scene of crime.