Palakkad: Amid a clash in Ottappalam’s Meetna here, a gang hacked a policeman and a man involved in the violence. Raj Narayanan, a grade Sub Inspector at Ottappalam police station, was injured while taking Akbar, one of the gang members engaged in the clash, into custody. The opponents also hacked Akbar. 

A clash broke out between two criminal gangs at Meetna at midnight on Monday. Some men were injured in the violence. In a bid to restore peace in the area, police rushed to the spot and took Akbar, who led one of the gangs, into custody.

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When police were taking him to the jeep,  his opponents attacked him with a machete. The sub-inspector sustained injuries on his hand while blocking the attack on Akbar. Both are currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kanniyampuram.

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