Tamil Nadu: Murder accused hurls country-made bomb at Police; constable dies

Thoothukudi: A 28-year-old police constable was killed after a murder accused hurled a country-made bomb at a special police team. The deceased is identified as Subramanian. He worked at the Alwarthirunagar Police Station. Subramanian was part of a five-member special police team that went to Manakarai to arrest the accused Durai Muthu.

According to police, when the police team was in pursuit of Muthu and his aides, the accused hurled country-made bombs at the police personnel and ran into the forest. Police sources said that a few other personnel were also injured.