Three Maraiyur policemen were on patrol in the Kandalur area near Munnar and had caught a pedestrian who was walking without wearing a mask and fined had him. As he tried to flee, two of the policemen tried to catch him. The man then tried to flee and attacked Ashish, the third policeman, by pelting him with a stone.
The man fled the scene as the policeman collapsed. The injured policeman was rescued and admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment. There he was stitched up for a cut on his head. He was taken to the Ernakulam General Hospital for further treatment as he did not regain consciousness.
Ashish’s family and co-workers went to see him 6 days later when he had regained consciousness and did not recognize any of them. His relatives and friends were shocked when doctors told that he had lost all his memory. Upon hearing this, his close friends and top police officials have been in constant contact with Ashish via video call to retrieve his memory. Ashish was seen responding to all of this with a child-like smile.
His family is saddened to find that he has forgotten all about the past as arrangements are being made for his wedding which is to take in a few more months. Meanwhile, Kerala police narrowed down the man who attacked policeman Ashish and fled. During the interrogation, it was revealed that his name was Suleiman and he said that he had escaped by throwing stones at the policeman for fear that the police would take him away and put him in jail.
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