Chennai, Aug. 7 -- A special sub-inspector (SSI) from Kudimangalam police station was hacked to death when he tried to resolve a dispute between a man and his sons in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu, police said on Wednesday. According to police, SSI M Shanmugavel (57), on patrol duty at around 11pm on August 5, rushed to a private farm upon receiving information about a drunken brawl between Moorthy, his elder son Manikandan, and his younger son Thangapandi, residents of Moongilthozhuvu near Gudimangalam area. "SSI Shanmugavel along with constable Azhaguraja went on a patrolling vehicle to the farm and found Moorthy injured after a fight with his two sons. The SSI called for an ambulance for Moorthy and while trying to settle the dispute, the father and his two sons tried to attack the police. When Manikandan picked up a sickle, the policemen tried to escape. However, the SSI was hacked to death," said Tamil Nadu's west zone inspector general of police, T Senthil Kumar....