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Prime accused in Usilampatti constable murder shot in TN

MADURAI: The prime accused in the Usilampatti police constable murder case, B Ponvannan (27), was shot in the chest and back by police allegedly after he knifed a cop and attempted to escape in the Cumbum forest on Saturday. Ponvannan has been admitted to the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai for treatment and is in a critical condition, Madurai Superintendent of Police B K Aravind said. Three other suspects from his gang β€” Sivanesan, Prabhakaran and Baskaran β€” were also arrested, he added.

Aravind told TNIE that Cumbum police arrested all four accused persons, including Ponvannan, from Kerala and handed them over to the Madurai police team. β€œWhen the Madurai police team took them to an area in Cumbum on the highway in the Western Ghats, Ponvannan took out a weapon he had concealed and assaulted a police constable. He then attempted to assault an inspector who shot him in self-defence,” he said.

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