Lawyer attacked with sickle and left to bleed, attacker surrenders in court

A 30-year-old lawyer was brutally attacked by a man outside a court complex in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district. The brutal attack, caught on camera, happened on Wednesday morning in the Hosur area, about 40 km south-east of Bengaluru.
The victim, Kannan, was a lawyer working for a senior advocate and was attacked while exiting the court after appearing for a case.
The attacker, identified as Anandhan, stopped him, pulled out a sickle and began to assault Kannan.
A video shot by a bystander phone showed the attacker repeatedly hitting Kannan on the head with the sickle, even after Kannan became unconscious and fell on the ground.
Kannan was taken to a private hospital where he was undergoing treatment, and was said to be in critical condition.
Meanwhile, the culprit who ran from the scene of attack, later surrendered at a Judicial Magistrate’s court.
According to the police, Anandhan attacked Kannan over a grudge.
Using the attack as an example, BJP leader Vinoj P Selvam lashed out at the DMK government through a post on X.
Selvam asked if this was what the DMK called governance.