Man high on ganja stabs two at Chengalpattu bus stand, lunges at officer
A 26-year-old man described as heavily intoxicated on ganja attacked two people with a knife at the Chengalpattu bus stand near the police station, injuring them, then lunged at the sub-inspector who tried to stop him. The officer fended him off with his belt, and more police overpowered the man and took him to the station.
🇮🇳 Chengalpattu bus stand, Chengalpattu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · India
A 26-year-old man identified as Dinesh stood with a knife near the Chengalpattu
bus stand in Chennai, within the area covered by the Chengalpattu police
station, and attacked two people waiting at the stand, leaving them injured.[1]Hearing their screams, a sub-inspector from the nearby police station ran
over and tried to overpower the man.[1]
The man, described as heavily intoxicated, turned on the officer and lunged at
him with the weapon.[1]The sub-inspector pulled off his belt and swung it to
fend off the attack, escaping harm.[1]More police reached the scene and,
after a struggle, surrounded the man, restrained him and took him to the police
station.[1]
The article presents the attack as evidence of how widely ganja and other drugs
are sold on the state’s streets.[1]The column argues that the state
government should act under tough legal provisions against drug gangs and stop
Tamil Nadu from becoming a haven for them.[1]
Photos and video
Page picture published with the report; its caption reads only 'vijay tvk' and the article does not establish that it shows the bus stand attack, so it is linked rather than treated as a photo of this incident.Photo details
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