Tiruppur TV journalist Nesaprabhu hacked after police fail to respond to pleas for help

Armed men brutally attack journalist near his residence, leaving him severely injured, while police fail to respond to calls for protection.

Armed men hacked Nesaprabhu, a journalist working with News 7 Tamil TV channel, near his residence in Tiruppur district late on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 leaving him severely injured.

The assailants, who came in several cars, surrounded and attacked Mr. Nesaprabhu even as he was on a call with the police frantically pleading for help. The police had earlier failed to respond to several calls made by him for protection.

Mr. Nesaprabhu of K. Krishnapuram near Palladam, had made multiple calls to the local police station from Wednesday afternoon, after finding unidentified men tailing him and keeping a watch of his residence.

The victim, working for ‘News 7 Tamil’ as Palladam area reporter for the past seven years, was admitted to a private hospital in Coimbatore, following the brutal attack around 8.45 p.m.

As per recorded audio clips of his conversation with policemen from the Kamanaickenpalayam station, which were widely circulated on social media platforms, Mr. Nesaprabhu first alerted the police control room about the unidentified men, who came in vehicles without number plates and enquired about him in the locality.

After being alerted by the control room, a policeman from the local police station contacted the journalist for further details. Mr. Nesaprabhu informed the policeman that unidentified men enquired about him at a shop in the locality on Wednesday noon and continued to watch him thereafter.

The men, who came in multiple vehicles, also stood near his house for a long time as per the telephonic conversations.