Workshop owner found dead

Coimbatore: A 46-year-old man was found dead at Kozhipannai Thottam at G Kavundampalayam near Periyanaickenpalayam on Monday morning.

The deceased was identified as M Sasikumar of Pathy Gounder Thottam, Ganapathy. Sasikumar owned a lathe workshop. He had left his house around 8pm on Sunday. Around 9am on Monday, his body was found near a poultry farm at Kozhipannai Thottam. The owner of the farm, Selvaraj, informed the Periyanaickenpalayam police, who rushed to the spot and sent it to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for postmortem.

Meanwhile, the Periyanaickenpalayam police attempted to reach Saminathan, 45 of Ganapathy, who is a friend of Sasikumar. He went absconding and switched off his mobile phone also. TNN