
Migrant worker found dead, co-worker absconding
The Hindu
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.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












