DMK man held for assaulting medical intern
The Hindu
The Thoothukudi South Police have arrested ruling DMK’s Ottapidaram union secretary and Ottapidaram panchayat president Ilaiyaraja for abducting and assaulting a senior intern of Thoothukudi Medical C
The Thoothukudi South Police have arrested ruling DMK’s Ottapidaram union secretary and Ottapidaram panchayat president Ilaiyaraja for abducting and assaulting a senior intern of Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital.
According to Superintendent of Police S. Jayakumar, dentist P. Muruga Perumal, 25, of Thirukkazhukundram in Chengelpattu district, who is doing his senior internship in Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital, was abducted by A. Ilaiyaraja of Muppullivetti near Ottapidaaram and two others in a vehicle on last Thursday (November 18) around 1.30 p.m. He was taken to a farm reportedly belonging to Ilaiyaraja near Ottapidaram where he was attacked and tortured till 7 p.m.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.