Virudhunagar (TN), April 29: Two days after he had hacked a head constable to death, an alleged rowdy was shot dead in an encounter at Tuticorin district today, police said.
Acting on a tip off that the man was hiding in Kuruvelam forest, a police team was sent to arrest him but he tried to hack a policeman, who sighted him behind a bush and tried to nab him, IGP Krishnamoorthy told reporters here.
The constable opened two rounds in self defence and the rowdy Kumar, who suffered bullet injuries, died on way to the hospital, the officer said.
Meanwhile, Kumar’s wife Solaiyammal, mother of a one-year -old child, allegedly committed suicide after she heard about her husband’s death by consuming poison, he said, adding Kumar was involved in many criminal cases.
–PTI