Attempt on magistrate’s life in Tamil Nadu

NE NEWS SERVICE
SALEM, MARCH 1

An attempt has been made on the life of a judicial magistrate in Salem allegedly by a knife-yielding office assistant, police said on Tuesday.

The assistant was arrested, said the police. The attempt was made when the magistrate M Ponpandi was moving walking towards his chamber.

The motive was vengeance because the office assistant was transferred, according to the police. The magistrate was injured and hospitalised, the police said.