A buddy of Senator S Nallakaruppan yesterday experienced some anxious moments when he, his driver and bodyguard were attacked by three men armed with machetes and an axe at Taman Sri Gombak, believed to be over his support for Nallakaruppan, in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.  

The victim, U Thamotharan, a businessman, today made a police report at the Gombak police station after his car was smashed by three unidentified men at 3pm as he was leaving the house.  

Thamotharan said in the half-an-hour-long incident, he was on his way to attend an official function when the car he was in was rammed but he, his driver and bodyguard managed to flee.   

“After we had left, they broke my car windscreens both at the front and back and the side windows...  as a warning and threat to stay away from Nallakaruppan,” he told reporters after lodging the police report.

Thamotharan, who is also the president of charity organisation Perinnbam, said he would leave the investigation to the police and that the attack would not cow him from continuing to support Nallakaruppan.  

- Bernama