Chennai: City police commissioner S. George launched the disbursal of relief measure of Rs 10,000 each for the injured lot of the city police strength.
He disbursed the cheques drawn from the ‘police welfare fund’ to each of the seven injured cops — undergoing treatment at the city police hospital in Egmore.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) SN Seshasai who disbursed cheques to the injured at his office stated that the assistance had been enhanced to Rs 15,000 for Senthil Kumar, driver of JCoP (West) Santhosh Kumar, who was rescued from the brink of getting murdered by the mob.
“Thankfully, he was saved by the onlookers who intervened and the force returned to get him away. Jurisdictional Additional Commissioners (law & order) will disburse the rest of the cheques of welfare assistance to the injured cops.
“As many as 142 cops were injured in the violence that was unleashed against khakis, and 180 cases had been registered in this regard. A total of 215 persons were arrested for rioting. Over 100 more were identified with the help of the footages and mobile recordings, and efforts are on to arrest them as well”, he said. The beneficiary list did not include the IPS officers who too faced the brunt of violence.
