Kumbakonam: A woman magistrate of Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district was attacked by some persons in Kumbakonam while returning from work, police said.

Magistrate Latha, given additional charge of the Nagapattinam Judicial Magistrate court, was returning to Vedaranyam on Wednesday night in a car, when some persons intercepted it and attacked her and the driver. Both the magistrate and the car driver have been admitted to a private hospital.