Coimbatore Superintendent of Police V. Badrinarayanan on Friday felicitated three police personnel attached to the Valparai station and a journalist of The Hindu for saving an estate worker, who had climbed on top of a high-tension power transmission tower in a tea estate at the hill station on Thursday.
The SP gave away certificates to journalist Wilson Thomas, Sub-Inspector R. Balaganesan, Special SI C. Kalimuthu, and Constable S. Vel.
Mr. Badrinarayanan said the timely intervention and presence of mind of the four persons saved the life of estate worker Veeramani, 58, who climbed the tower in the middle of a tea estate at Iyerpadi near Valparai to protest against disciplinary action taken by the estate management. The worker wanted an official from the Labour Department to come to the spot and settle his grievances.
