Woman found murdered, migrant labourer held

Kochi | Tuesday | 20th March, 2018

Summary:

more-inA 60-year old woman, staying along with her mentally-challenged son, was found murdered at her house in Puthenvelikkara village in North Paravur on Monday. They also recorded the statement of the four tenants, all migrant labourers staying in the outhouse. “He said he was in an inebriated condition and attacked the woman with a stone,” they said. The key was recovered from the next room and upon opening the door, the woman was found lying half-naked in a pool of blood,” the police said. An Assam native, Munna, 28, who was living in the outhouse on rent with three other migrant workers, was taken into custody and charged with the murder (IPC 392)..