Sathiyam TV attack: Sword-wielding man ransacks Chennai news channel office

A man brandishing a sword and shield ransacked the Chennai office of TV news channel ‘Sathiyam’ on Tuesday evening. CCTV footage released by the channel shows the man damaging the reception area and threatening the workers.

According to the driving licence he left behind, the man was identified as 31-year-old Rajesh Kumar.

He had entered the premises carrying a guitar bag around 7 pm. A few minutes later, he took out the weapon from the bag and began brandishing it.

Sathiyam news channel claimed that the man had ordered the weapon from an online website six months ago and had waited for a long time to launch an attack on the channel’s director. The car in which the person came had a Gujarat registration number.