Man arrested for threatening head constable with a knife at Kallakudi

A 25-year-old man was arrested on Sunday on charges of abusing and threatening a woman police head constable by brandishing a knife while the latter was discharging her official duty at Kallakudi in the district.

The police said head constable S. Silambu Selvi, serving in Kallakudi police station, was conducting vehicle checks along with two other police personnel on Sunday evening near Malvai diversion road in Kallakudi when the crime was committed.