Advocate hacked by two persons in Tirunelveli
The Hindu
Two persons attempted to murder advocate Joseph Raja Jegan in Valliyoor on July 18. He was attacked with weapons, sustaining head injuries. He caught one of the assailants, while passers-by overpowered the other. He was taken to hospital and is now out of danger. Suspected contract killers.
Two persons attempted to murder an advocate Joseph Raja Jegan of Valliyoor around 8.45 am on Tuesday, July 18, 2023.
It is said that when the advocate was opening the shutter of his office on Valliyoor main road at 8.45 am, two unidentified persons hacked him with weapons in which Mr. Jegan sustained cut injuries in the head.
Recovered from the shock, Mr. Jegan caught one of them while the passers by overpowered the second one.
One of the friends of Mr. Jegan immediately rushed him to the hospital in his bike
Orthopedic surgeon Sankara Venkatesan, who attended profusely bleeding Jegan, said the victim was out of danger.
The assailants are suspected to be contract killers.
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