Thanks to his knowledge of kalari, Ramachandran not only avoided getting robbed, but also managed to overpower one of the four miscreants who had entered his clinic posing as anti vice squad officials Tuesday evening.
The 50-year-old who runs the varmakalai clinic in Kumaran Nagar said, “When they started addressing each other as dai, I knew they were not police.
When one of them took out a knife asking for money, I decided to use kalari. While I caught one, neighbours overpowered another man on the road.
Two managed to escape. We handed over the two to the police,” Ramachandran told DC adding that his wife, Ms Ambika, hand been cut by the knife of one of the accused.
He also alleged that he had to pay a couple of thousand rupees at the Kumaran Nagar police station to complete the formalities.