Goa, Aug. 7 -- In a shocking incident late Monday night, a Special Sub-Inspector (SSI) of police, Shanmugavel, was brutally hacked to death while attempting to intervene in a domestic dispute at a private estate in Kudimangalam near Udumalpet, located in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district.

The tragic incident unfolded when SSI Shanmugavel, who was on night patrol duty, responded to an emergency call about a violent altercation involving a father and his two sons, allegedly intoxicated. The estate, where the clash occurred, is owned by a local AIADMK MLA.

According to police sources and eyewitnesses, the dispute involved a man named Murthy and his sons, Thangapandian and Manikandan. The officer reportedly reached the scene to find the sons a...