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A 26-year-old ragpicker was beaten to decease allegedly by workers of a backstage integrative seat manufacturing unit, aft helium tried to bargain scrap worldly from the mill premises adjacent Red Hills connected Thursday night.
The workers assaulted him with robust rods earlier dumping his assemblage successful a adjacent canal.
The constabulary person detained 5 persons, including the mill proprietor and immoderate employees, for questioning.
The unfortunate was identified arsenic Manimaran, a nonmigratory of Nallur panchayat adjacent Chengalpattu. The constabulary said helium had been surviving unsocial aft separating from his wife. Around 10 days ago, helium had been “caught stealing” from the aforesaid factory, and was released aft being warned.
“On Thursday night, erstwhile helium was caught again, the workers tied him to a rod extracurricular the company, and assaulted him,” a constabulary serviceman said. Manimaran is believed to person died connected the spot from aggregate injuries. The workers allegedly disposed of his assemblage successful a canal, and fled.
Relatives protest
When the assemblage was discovered connected Friday morning, Manimaran’s relatives and section residents gathered extracurricular the mill and protested, demanding the apprehension of those responsible. The Red Hills constabulary pacified the assemblage and assured them of action. The assemblage was sent for a post-mortem introspection and a lawsuit was registered.
“Further enactment volition beryllium taken based connected the findings of the investigation,” a elder serviceman said.
