Migrant worker found dead, co-worker absconding

In what is suspected to be a murder, the body of a young migrant worker was found under a heap of sand opposite a tile manufacturing unit at Poothrikka near Puthencruz, where he was employed, on Monda

In what is suspected to be a murder, the body of a young migrant worker was found under a heap of sand opposite a tile manufacturing unit at Poothrikka near Puthencruz, where he was employed, on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Raja Das, 28, of Assam. The police suspect that he might have been bludgeoned to death using a spade in the early hours of the day. Deepan Kumar Das, a co-worker from West Bengal and a potential suspect, has gone missing. It is suspected that the incident might have taken place between midnight and 6 a.m. The police have recovered the spade suspected to have been used for the crime.