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Watch: Hero Cop of Kerala kills armed attacker

June 19, 2022
Bharat Times

Kerala: The officer has been identified as Sub Inspector Arun Kumar.

New Delhi:

A video is going viral on Twitter in which a police officer has bravely subdued a heavily armed attacker. The incident is from Para Junction near Kayamkulam in Kerala.

In the video, a man standing on the side of the road posing as a police vehicle is parked next to him.

As soon as he gets down from his vehicle, he immediately takes out his weapon to attack the officer.

However, the sub-inspector bravely fights off the attacker and subdues him by slamming him to the ground.

In the video, the two are seen falling as the officer disarms him.

Passers-by reached the spot and helped the officer.

This video has been shared by Indian Police Service officer Swati Lakra on Twitter.

He wrote, “He looks like a real hero. Salute to this sub-inspector of Kerala.”

As the video went viral on Twitter, social media users lauded the courage of 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.

The incident took place on the evening of June 12 at around 6 pm near Para Junction. The injury required the officer to get seven stitches on his fingers.

The person who killed the knife has been identified as Sugthan.