In an incident that has shocked Tamil Nadu, Nesa Prabhu, a Tirupur-based journalist, was brutally attacked by unidentified assailants just 500 m away from the Kamanaickenpalayam police station in the district on Wednesday, January 24. TNM accessed the recordings of the multiple calls made by Nesa Prabhu to the police in the chilling moments leading up to the attack. In the final call, Prabhu is heard screaming, “They have come again” and uttering the words, “Mudinjadhu” (It is over).

On January 24 night, Nesa Prabhu was attacked with sickles and knives by a group of six unidentified men, causing grievous injuries. He is currently under treatment at a private hospital in Coimbatore. Eyewitnesses state that the assailants recorded the entire attack.

Nesa Prabhu, who resides in K Krishnapuram, which comes under Kamanaickenpalayam police station limits, made the first call to the police control room around 4.30 pm on Wednesday. In the recording of the call, he is heard giving his name and address, following which he says that his life is under threat. He also informed the police that he had done a story on the illegal sale of liquor in Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation outlets operating in Tirupur, and another one regarding an inspector threatening a trader and demanding bribes. The police in the control room are heard telling him that the concerned police station will contact him for further details. Other calls reveal how Nesa Prabhu’s ordeal unfolded as he made multiple desperate calls to the police for assistance, only to find himself abandoned and defenseless.