Migrant worker found dead in empty plot

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, April 16

A migrant worker, Firoz (36), native of Bihar but present resident of Guru Arjan Dev Nagar here, was found dead in an empty plot near the Dugri canal today.

He had injury marks on his throat and the police suspect that he has been strangled.

The ACP, Civil Lines, Jatinder Singh, said the deceased had left home without informing anyone in the family last night. He was drunk when he left home.

At around 1.30 am today, his body was found in an empty plot near the Dugri canal. When people gathered there, his kin also reached and identified the body. The police suspect that he was strangled with a rope. His body has been kept at Civil Hospital’s mortuary and the exact cause of death would be known only after post-mortem examination.