Tamil Nadu: Letter by criminal fearing fake encounter surfaces after his killing

According to the police, a team of officials, on Saturday, went to arrest Viswanathan in a case, when he attacked two police officers including a sub-inspector, who shot him in self-defence

Published on: Sep 18, 2023, 24:31:53 IST

By Divya Chandrababu, Chennai

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A three-page complaint from Viswanathan, addressed to senior police officers in Kancheepuram and Tamil Nadu government’s home department, dated August 28, has surfaced (HT Archives)

Suban, currently on a tour in Canada, posted a video on his YouTube account dismissing the charges against him as fake. (HT Archives)

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Divya Chandrababu
Divya Chandrababu is an award-winning political and human rights journalist based in Chennai, India. Divya is presently Assistant Editor of the Hindustan Times where she covers Tamil Nadu & Puducherry. She started her career as a broadcast journalist at NDTV-Hindu where she anchored and wrote prime time news bulletins. Later, she covered politics, development, mental health, child and disability rights for The Times of India. Divya has been a journalism fellow for several programs including the Asia Journalism Fellowship at Singapore and the KAS Media Asia- The Caravan for narrative journalism. Divya has a master's in politics and international studies from the University of Warwick, UK. As an independent journalist Divya has written for Indian and foreign publications on domestic and international affairs.Read More

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