Special Sub-Inspector beaten to death in Theni
The officer was attacked by a group after he questioned them for disrupting traffic with crackers and social media reels.
A Special Sub-Inspector (SSI) of Police, Senthilkumar, was beaten to death by a gang in Samadharmapuram, Theni Allinagaram, on Sunday night, according to The Hindu.
Senthilkumar, who worked in the office of the Theni Deputy Superintendent of Police, was heading home after his shift on November 8, 2026.
The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. when the officer, who was in civilian clothes, observed people bursting crackers in the middle of the road and filming social media reels.
After he told the group to move to the road margin to avoid disrupting traffic, they ignored him. Senthilkumar then recorded a video on his phone and sent it to his office.
The gang became angry and beat him, causing him to lose consciousness. He was taken to a private hospital and later declared dead at the Theni Government Medical College hospital.
The Theni police are working to identify the attackers using video footage from a closed-circuit television camera network.