Search on for trio who assaulted DVAC officer during robbery bid

A Sub-Inspector (SI) attached to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) was allegedly attacked by three unidentified men during an attempted robbery in Adambakkam on Thursday night.

According to the police, the officer, identified as Durairaj, lives in the police quarters on North Raja Street in Alandur. When he was walking back home from Adambakkam New Colony around 9.30 p.m., he was waylaid by three men near the the Pazhandiamman Temple subway.

When the assailants allegedly tried to rob him, Mr. Durairaj resisted, and the trio assaulted him before fleeing the spot. The Adambakkam police registered a case and launched an investigation. CCTV camera footage from the surrounding area is being analysed to identify and apprehend the suspects.