Chennai, April 2 -- A notorious rowdy was shot dead in an encounter
when he tried to flee after attacking the police, inflicting cut injuries on
them, besides attacking a couple of lorry drivers after robbing them, in
Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
District Superintendent of Police Jayakumar told reporters that the rowdy
Vijay alias 'Muttai' Vijay was involved in more than 30 cases of waylaying
and burglaries in Puducherry, Cuddalore, Villuppuram and neighbouring
districts and was the head of a six-member gang, five of whom were
already arrested.
He said during the last two days Vijay waylaid lorries on the Puducherry-
Nagapattinam National Highway near Cuddalore, robbed them, attacked
them with sickles and decamped...