In a shocking incident, a lawyer was brutally attacked with a sickle by his assistant on court premises in broad daylight in Telangana's Hosur on Wednesday afternoon.
As per reports, the victim, identified as 30-year-old Kannan, was admitted to a nearby hospital where his condition was said to be critical.
A video of the incident has surfaced on social media. In the video, the attacker can be seen repeatedly hitting the lawyer with a sickle as he lay motionless on the road with blood oozing out from his head.
Watch the video here:
Reports suggest that Kannan works as a junior advocate with another advocate Sathya Narayanan. He had past enmity with his assistant and trainee lawyAnandakumar (39)
State BJP president K Annamalai posted the video of the incident on X and slammed the Stalin government for "turning Tamil Nadu into a lawless jungle".
He wrote, "...advocate being brutally attacked in broad daylight in Hosur. These reflect the disastrous law & order situation in TN under the DMK Govt. Thiru @mkstalin should be ashamed of turning TN into a lawless jungle. If this Govt put little effort into fixing issues rather than diverting them, we would not see such lawlessness."
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As per a statement by the police, the attacker surrendered at the Hosur Judicial Magistrate Court - II.
The police have registered a case and are investigating the matter.
