"DMK Councillor Hit Father With Sword": Soldier's Brother On Mob Attack
NDTV
Councillor Chinnaswamy "slashed at my father with a sword. Luckily the blow landed on his head. Had it been his neck, he would not have survived," said Prabhakar, who was also injured in the attack of February 8.
A DMK councillor was wielding a sword during the mob attack that killed a soldier in Tamil Nadu, the man's s brother has said. Councillor Chinnaswamy "slashed at my father with a sword. Luckily the blow landed on his head. Had it been his neck, he would not have survived," said Prabhakar, who was also injured in the attack of February 8.
The man, who was in the ICU of a hospital in Krishnagiri district since the attack, has been released for his brother's last rites. Prabhu M, 29, died on Tuesday after a six-day battle for life.
The quarrel with the Councillor had started over a question of washing clothes with water from a local Syntex tank, Prabhakar told NDTV in an exclusive interview. "Chinnaswamy's nephew was also washing clothes there and they ordered us to go away. I said why should we go. Everyone washes clothes there," he said.
The altercation escalated and when the man tried to beat up Prabhakar, his brother and mother with a slipper, the locals intervened and calmed everyone down.
