Brother of a DMK functionary near Tiruvallur has been caught red-handed for setting up men and damaging his car for want of police protection.
Kannan, is the brother of Karunakaran, a DMK union secretary of Cholavaram South who hails from Paadiyanallur near Senkundram in Thiruvallur district.
He, as part of his real estate business had gone to Thirunilai village in his car on December 27. As he was travelling along the Periyapalayam-Chennai highway, four men who came in two motorbikes suddenly blocked the way and started attacking the car.
The car’s windshields were broken. Kannan and his driver Mani fled the spot and were chased by these men for about half a kilometre.
Kannan later had filed a complained at the Periyapalayam police station following which a team was formed led by Inspector Maheshwari on the orders of Deputy Superintendent of Police Saradhi.
Police, who identified the culprits with the help of surveillance cameras in the area, caught the culprits and interrogated Raja, a lawyer from Chennai based on the information they provided. During the interrogation, it was revealed that the attack was a pre-planned as Kannan wanted to get a police protection and flaunt it for which he had approached Raja. Raja had apparently told Kannan that he would get protection if he goes to police with evidence of threat to his life.
Based on this input, an attack on Kannan’s car was orchestrated.
Following the revelation, Raja along with Leo Vivek, Ayanavaram Balaji, ICF Yuvaraj, Kolathur Hariharan, Kolathur Sakthivel were taken into police custody.