A customer, Jayalakshmi, who was injured in the incident
COIMBATORE: A sub-inspector of police was placed under suspension on Monday after a video of him beating up customers and employees of a restaurant at Gandhipuram on Sunday night went viral on social media.
B Mohanraj of Ram Nagar owns Sri Raja Hotel at Gadhipuram. Around 10pm on Sunday, a cop from Kattoor police station came to the restaurant and told Mohanraj to down the shutters immediately as inspector Latha would be coming for night patrol. As the customers were having dinner in the restaurant, he kept the shutter half-closed.
Around 10.20pm, sub-inspector Muthu, 36, attached to the Kattoor (law & order) police, entered the restaurant with a baton in hand.
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CHENNAI: Public health officials on Monday warned that Chennai, the worst affected district, could run out of oxygen beds as Tamil Nadu reported 6,711 new cases and 19 deaths. The state had 46,308 active cases after 2,339 people were discharged.
For the second consecutive day, Chennai reported more than 2,000 cases. The hotspot city had 2,105 new cases and 17,098 active cases 36% of those cases under treatment in the state. While senior officials met at the secretariat with plans to ramp up testing, aggressively enforce pandemic protocols, keep a check on stock of life saving drugs, and initiate early treatment, hospital administrators were keeping a tab on the number of beds and redirecting patients with mild or no symptoms either to home quarantine or to covid care centres.
The accident happened around 9.20am on Sunday.
COIMBATORE: Five people have died in two road accidents in Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu since Saturday night.
Three members of a family, including a six- year-old girl, died on the spot when a truck rammed their car on the Kamanaickenpalayam -Palladam Road on Sunday morning.
The deceased have been identified as V Karthikeyan, 36, of Vallakundapuram village near Dhali, his wife K Saranya, 33, and their daughter K Dhanya, 6. Karthikeyan was working as a software engineer in Bengaluru.
The family came to their native village a few days ago. The accident happened around 9.20am when they were returning to Bengaluru. Before ramming their car, the truck had hit another car. The passengers of the first other car escaped without injuries.
Several of Hindu Munnani members gathered at the CMCH demanding that the police arrest the accused.
COIMBATORE: Tension gripped in Coimbatore after a Hindu Munnani functionary was assaulted with an iron rod by two unidentified men on Saturday night.
The injured man has been identified as S Ramakrishnan, 36, of Thayammal Layout at Podanur. He is the vice-president of Hindu Munnani unit in Ukkadam. Ramakrishnan, who suffered injuries on his head, was admitted to Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).
Police said Ramakrishnan, who was engaged in catering work, was returning home from Kempatti Colony on his motorcycle around 10.30pm. When he reached Sundarapuram Junction, two men waylaid him and assaulted him with an iron rod.