Surat: A 36-year-old textile worker was allegedly murdered at his residence in the Pandesara area of the city, police said.According to the FIR registered at Pandesara police station, the incident occurred on Oct 12 at a residential premises in the Om Industrial area. A worker from a textile unit went to the terrace to collect some materials and found Chinta Bhuyan lying unconscious in a pool of blood, with injuries to his forehead. He immediately alerted the unit owner, who informed police.Upon reaching the spot, police found Bhuyan, a migrant worker from Odisha, dead. His body was sent to a hospital for a post-mortem examination, which confirmed that he had been murdered. According to the post-mortem report, the cause of death was asphyxia due to throttling.Pandesara police inspector K D Jadeja told TOI that Bhuyan worked at Gangotri Textile unit and had been living on the terrace of Kumkum Textile unit for the past two months.“We have formed multiple teams to apprehend the accused. The victim also sustained a head injury, suggesting that someone may have struck him. We will arrest the accused soon,” Jadeja said.
