SI attempts commit sucide for not getting transfer

Reportedly upset over not getting a transfer, a Sub-Inspector attached to Tamil Nadu Special Police 4th Battalion here attempted to committed suicide by consuming poison.

Srikanth consumed cow dung powder, a poisonous pesticide, at the police quarters at Kovaipudur in a bid to end his life, police said.

Colleagues noticed him struggling for life and rushed him to a nearby private hospital, where he was undergoing treatment, police said.