Cuddalore police opened fire in self-defence and arrested a murder suspect after he allegedly stabbed a sub-inspector during an attempted escape in the Chavadi area of Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district, according to a report by the Times of India. Both the injured officer and the suspect were taken to Cuddalore Government General Hospital for treatment.
The incident followed the murder of 26-year-old history-sheeter Prithviraj in Periya Kattupalayam. According to the report, Prithviraj had been consuming alcohol with acquaintances Arularasu and his brother Anbarasu when a dispute broke out. The two brothers allegedly attacked him with a beer bottle, following which Reddichavadi police registered a case and began searching for them.
A police team acted on information that the suspects were hiding near Reddichavadi. Officers arrested Anbarasu, but Arularasu escaped on a two-wheeler. Details of the escape were circulated to police units across the district, prompting teams to intensify vehicle checks and searches along local routes.
Cuddalore New Town police later spotted Arularasu allegedly attempting to pass through a vehicle-checking point in the Chavadi area without stopping. New Town inspector Ilavarasi and sub-inspector Mugilarasu pursued him, according to the Times of India report. The suspect abandoned the two-wheeler near S Pudur and continued fleeing on foot.
Mugilarasu attempted to apprehend Arularasu during the pursuit. Police alleged that the suspect then drew a concealed knife and slashed the sub-inspector, injuring him. Inspector Ilavarasi fired two rounds from her service pistol in self-defence, hitting Arularasu in the right leg and bringing him down.
The account places the shooting within a rapidly unfolding arrest operation that moved from a murder investigation and district-wide alert to a roadside pursuit. The report did not provide details about the precise nature of the sub-inspector’s injuries, the condition of the suspect beyond hospitalisation, or whether a separate inquiry into the firing had been ordered.
The two injured men were taken to Cuddalore Government General Hospital, where they were receiving medical treatment at the time of the report. The murder case registered by Reddichavadi police and the subsequent arrest of Arularasu remain the immediate official processes arising from the incident.
