Ex-gratia handed over to family of murdered SI

Collector K. Senthil Raj on Wednesday handed over Tamil Nadu Government’s ex-gratia of ₹50 lakh to the family of Eral Police Station Sub-Inspector V. Balu, 55, who was allegedly murdered by a two-wheeler mechanic on January 31 midnight with a cargo autorickshaw. When R. Murugavel of Vaazhavallaan, under the influence of alcohol, was creating ruckus in Eral Bazaar on January 31 evening with a cargo autorickshaw, Balu and other policemen, who were patrolling there, asked him to go home. As the drunkard started abusing the policemen also, the police team took him to the police station along with the vehicle. After seizing the cargo autorickshaw, Balu asked him to come to the police station the next morning to get back the cargo autorickshaw.