Brave cop nabs a thief in a heroic chase and recovers the stolen car in South India.

Location:Thanjavur district of Tamilnadu state in South India.

Velupandi , a resident from Ellis Nagar in Madurai along with his friend Venkatesh hired a taxi at Cheyyar in Tiruvannamalai to travel to Madurai. When the car passed Cheyyar, the duo had threatened the taxi driver and snatched away money at knife point and pushed him out of the car and escaped with it.

The driver lodged a complaint and the information was passed on to all the police stations. On Wednesday afternoon, Prathap, a head constable working as driver found the particular car while he was returning home. Soon he chased the car on his bike. On sensing police chasing them, the duo stopped the car and tried to escape, but Prathap chased them.

During the chase he was hit down by one of the thieves but despite that he stood up and ran again to nab the thief. He caught hold of one while the other managed to run away. Subsequently, Prathap took the thief to the police station and recovered two mobile phones and cash of Rs 8,000 and the car. The cop was admitted to the hospital as he sustained minor injuries. His brave act was lauded by the higher officials.