NE NEWS SERVICE
AMBUR (TN), JULY 12
A 27-year old man set himself on fire here on Sunday after police allegedly detained his two-wheeler for violating lockdown norms and he has been hospitalised, police said.
In an unfortunate incident Mr.Mugilan set himself on fire in ambur on 12.7.20,admitted in CMC vellore.efforts taken to provide best medical treatment.
FIR been registered& DSP-DCB nominated as inves officer.5 policemen/Homeguards been withdrawn from Ambur for fair investigation pic.twitter.com/IGmes0iRz3
— Vijayakumar IPS (@vijaypnpa_ips) July 12, 2020
When the man, later identified as Mugilan, came to a key intersection of the town on his motorcycle, police personnel questioned him at a check post for flouting curbs by roaming around.
Later, they detained his vehicle, as is the norm for lockdown violations and said it would be handed over to him later.
The man, a worker with a private factory, had however opposed it and urged police personnel to give it back and later left the spot.
He returned and again demanded the policemen to return his vehicle to him after a while.
“He was allegedly under the influence of alcohol and though we assured him that we will give his vehicle back tomorrow, he all of a sudden set himself ablaze,” an official with the Ambur town police said.
The youth, who sustained burn injuries was immediately rushed to the Ambur General Hospital and was later admitted at the Christian Medical College Hospital at Vellore for specialty treatment, he said.
Five police personnel involved in vehicle checking have been transferred to the district headquarters in Tirupattur to ensure a fair enquiry and a deputy police superintendent level official would look into the incident, said Vijaykumar, Superintendent of Police, Tirupattur District in his twitter handle.
“An FIR of accidental fire has been registered,” he said.
Today is the second successive Sunday of “an intense lockdown” this month without any relaxations across Tamil Nadu.
The initiative is part of measures to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Till date, as per state police data, 6,30,662 vehicles have been seized across Tamil Nadu cumulatively for violation of curbs and in total, Rs 17.84 crore levied as fine from violators.
