These days a video of a police officer confronting an assailant armed with a sharp-edged weapon is becoming fiercely viral on social media. The incident is from Para Junction near Kayamkulam in Kerala, where a sub-inspector of Kerala Police clashed with a criminal without any weapon. Everyone is surprised to see the bravery of the policeman.
Unarmed crook faced: This video going viral has been shared by IPS officer Swati Lakra on Twitter. He wrote, “It looks like a real hero. Salute to this sub-inspector of Kerala.”
In the video, it can be seen that a police car comes and stops near a person standing on the side of the road. As the policeman gets down from the car, a man suddenly attacks him with a sharp weapon. However, the sub-inspector bravely fights off the attacker and grabs him by knocking him to the ground.
Video that went viral: In the video, it can be seen that both the policeman and the miscreant fall on the ground and then the policeman snatches the weapon from him. During this, passersby also reached the spot and helped the police officer. According to a Facebook post by Kerala Police, the officer has been identified as Sub Inspector Arun Kumar, who is in-charge of Alappuzha Nooranad police station.
According to the information, the incident took place near Para Junction in Kayamkulam at around 6 pm on June 12. Due to the injury, the sub-inspector had to get seven stitches on his fingers. The attacker has been identified as Sugthan.
Reaction on social media: As soon as the video went viral on Twitter, social media users lauded the courage of the police officer. A user named Paddy (@ag_padmanabhan) wrote, “Real hero.” A man named Manish (@gwl_manish) wrote, “One Man Army.” Vasista Bhargava (@VasistaBhargava) wrote, “My salute to the courage and perfect timing, the policeman.” One user (@naveendarling) called SI a supercop.