TN cop tries to immolate self

A junior police officer tried to immolate himself before the office of the Tamil Nadu DGP near Marina beach on Tuesday. Police claimed that he was upset after AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa’s conviction. Security personnel at the office prevented the suicide attempt and shifted him to a nearby police station for interrogation.

The police officer was identified as Velmurugan, a constable from a police station near Theni, the bastion of AIADMK and the native place of new Chief Minister O Panneerselvam. “He arrived in the city Tuesday morning. He was in his uniform and was carrying a bottle of kerosene. Immediately after he doused himself in kerosene, our officers detained him,” said a senior officer.