Brave Major dies fighting chain-snatcher
Tiruchy, Feb. 5: An army major was murdered by an unidentified
miscreant on Thursday evening when he prevented the culprit from
snatching the jewels of his wife at knife-point at Mukkombu, near
here.
Ramesh (33), son of Rangasamy, a resident of Tumkur, in Karnataka,
and serving as army doctor in Visakhapatnam, was in Tiruchy the
past few days to screen aspirants who attended the army recruitment
rally at Tirunelveli recently.
Accompanied by his wife Anuradha (27), two-year-old daughter
Mridhula and in-laws, he went to Mukkombu on Thursday. When they
were about to leave the place around 6.45 pm an unidentified man
approached Anuradha and threatened her at knife-point to part with
her jewels.
When Anuradha cried for help, Ramesh, standing a few metres away,
came rushing to her rescue. Sensing that he might get caught, the
culprit started to run. However, Ramesh gave chase and caught hold
of his shirt. Unable to escape his clutches, the culprit stabbed him in
the throat. Since Ramesh did not loosen his hold even then, the culprit
wriggled out leaving his shirt behind.
Ramesh was rushed by his relatives to a private hospital at
Pettavaithalai where he was declared as brought dead. The body was
then brought to the government hospital. Central zone IG Karan
Singha visited the spot and conducted enquiries. Tiruchy rural
district SP A. Kaliyamurthy said the duo ran till the main road and
boarded a bus. Col Sanjeev Kumar, director (recruiting), Army
recruitment office, Tiruchy, said the body of the ‘brave officer’ was
given full army honours.
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