The Hindu       31.03.2017 

Corporation engineer assaulted while checking illegal tapping of water

Incident happened at Chockalinga Nagar

Koodal Pudur police have registered a case against a few persons who reportedly assaulted Corporation Assistant Engineer V. Maniyan (48) and few others when they went into their house to seize motor pumps used for illegal suction of piped water at Chockalinga Nagar on Wednesday.

The police also booked the accused for preventing the officials from discharging their duties and for criminal intimidation.

Meanwhile, in a counter complaint, Sathik Raghuman (54) has said that 20 Corporation employees trespassed into his house and harassed the women in the family. A case was registered under Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act.

Two arrested

Madurai city police have arrested two persons, including a 19-year-old youth, and recovered five four-wheelers and one motorcycle that were stolen from Madurai, Chengalpattu, Chennai and Tiruchi.

A statement said a police team led by Thilagar Thidal Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Petchimuthu Pandian intercepted and interrogated a two-wheeler rider P. Kalidoss near DM Court and later recovered the stolen vehicles and arrested another person, Tirusangu.