M. Kannan, a Head Constable attached to the Special Branch, was assaulted by a gang at Pothumbu on Saturday night.
Police said that he had gone to the village to collect details about the number of people planning to attend a public meeting of All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Jayalalithaa. He found a man and his daughter-in-law quarrelling in Gandhi Nagar. Even as he was pacifying them, a gang led by one Tamilazhagan attacked him, claiming that no police had come to their area.
Based on Kannan’s complaint, Alanganallur police have registered a case.