Krishnagiri: A 30-year-old junior lawyer was chased and brutally attacked with a sickle in broad daylight on Thursday by a man outside a court complex in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district. The victim, identified as Kannan, was attacked while exiting the court before appearing for a case. According to police sources, the victim allegedly misbehaved with the accused's wife.
Later, the accused, identified as Anandhan, a clerk at the same court, surrendered at a judicial magistrate's court. The incident, which was captured in a video, shows Kannan being repeatedly attacked by the accused Anandhan with a sickle. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and is undergoing treatment.
The investigation into the matter is underway to determine the motive. Meanwhile, a section of lawyers from the Madras High Court staged a demonstration today condemning the attack on lawyer Kannan in Krishnagiri. In separate incident, a video journalist was killed after the two-wheeler he was riding was hit by a speeding BMW luxury car on the Maduravoyal-Tambaram bypass in Chennai.
The incident occurred on Tuesday (November 19). Following the incident, he was thrown 100 meters from the scene and fell into a bush, where he died on the spot. Later, the driver abandoned the car and escaped from the scene.
According to an India Today report, the deceased, identified as Pradeep Kumar from Pondy Bazaar, was a senior cameraperson with a popular Telugu news channel and worked as a part-time Rapido rider in Chennai. W.