Stray cattle ‘kills’ car mechanic

The Tirunelveli Corporation’s miserable nonaccomplishment to enactment pugnacious against stray cattle and the owners has outgo the beingness of a car mechanic.

Police said R. Ganesan, 55, of Thatchanallur was returning location connected his motorcycle aft enactment connected Friday night. When helium was crossing Manimurtheeswaram intersection, a stray cattle loitering on the highway, abruptly crossed the roadworthy and deed the bike.

As Ganesan was thrown connected the road, helium suffered caput injury. After being admitted to the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital, helium died successful the tiny hours of Saturday.

Tirunelveli Traffic Wing police, who person registered a lawsuit successful this connection, said the Corporation should enactment pugnacious against the stray cattle and the owners arsenic nary shows immoderate respect for the municipality civic body’s ‘empty warnings’ of slapping ₹5,000 fine.