Chennai: 5 attack cop during kidnap of man, land in jail

CHENNAI: Five men on Tuesday attacked an inspector of police after he tried to rescue a man the gang had abducted in a car on Anna Salai. All five were soon nabbed and the vehicle seized.
A court later sent M Raja Hussain, an accused in the 1995 bomb attack at the Hindu Munnani office at Chintadripet, his son Mohammed Saifullah 27, and Trichy residents S Rahmadullah, 25, A Asif Khan, 22, and S Thoufiq, 22, to jail.They were charged with kidnapping Royapettah resident K Faisuddin and attacking Triplicane police inspector Mohandoss.
On Wednesday afternoon, an order issued by director general of police K Tripathy transferred inspector Mohandoss to Madurai (south zone) on administrative grounds with immediate effect. The order further requested the inspector general of police, Madurai (south zone), to ensure he was in a non-sensitive post.
A police officer said Madurai native Raja Hussain, 48, who has a murder case pending against him at Vilathikulam in Tuticorin district, had appeared for trial on Tuesday. He and the others called Faisuddin, 48, who had not repaid the ?10 lakh he had borrowed from Hussain nearly a year ago, to a restaurant on Anna Salai around 11pm.
All the six were talking outside the restaurant when Faisuddin sought some more time to return the sum and Hussain slapped him, the officer said, based on the statement from the arrested men. The five men then bundled him into the car and drove away.
A few men standing outside the restaurant saw the man being dragged into the car and alerted the police control room. A team of personnel from the Triplicane station led by inspector Mohandoss rushed to the spot and then received information that the car was parked near the Royapettah clock tower, a short distance away.
The police team went there and the inspector is said to have asked them to release Faisuddin and come to the police station. Hussain and the others refused and instead picked up an argument with the inspector, claiming that it was an internal issue and that they would sort it out themselves. The argument soon led to a clash before Hussain and his men manhandled the inspector.
The other police personnel in the vehicle jumped into the fray, overpowered the men and brought them to the police station.
They were questioned and arrested. The inspector was taken to a private hospital and treated for minor injuries.