Sub-inspector shoots at history-sheeter for attacking him during escape bid in Vellore

VELLORE A 33-year-old sub-inspector attached to the Gudiyatham Taluk police shot at a murder suspect, injuring hism in right leg, after the latter reportedly attacked the officer with a machete in a bid to escape at Sengundram village near Gudiyatham town in Vellore, early Tuesday (November 10, 2026). The police identified the injured sub-inspector as S. Raja, who has been working with the Gudiyatham Taluk police for the past six months after he was shifted from Vellore town.

The suspect, K. Poovarasan, 29, is reportedly facing more than 20 criminal cases across several police stations in the district. The police said that around 5 a.m, a special police team, led by Gudiyatham Taluk Inspector Tamilselvan, took the suspect Poovarasan to a house in Sengundram village to check for stashed weapons stashed in a hideout, after he allegedly shot a local PMK functionary dead with a countrymade gun on Monday (November 9) evening.

The police said that at the house, Poovarasan, without warning, reportedly took out a machete and attacked sub-inspector Raja before attempting to flee.