Perumbavur : A migrant worker died from being pumped with air in the anus using compressor. The deceased was identified as 36-year-old Lakimpur native Mintu. The accused, also a Lakhimpur native, is Sidharth Chumaya(33). Both worked at a ply shop in Perumbavur.
The grisly crime took place on Monday. Mintu was brought to hospital saying he collapsed onto the shop floor. Mintu died soon after his admission. However doctors were suspicous of what caused the death and alerted police.
The district police chief formed a special investigation team to probe the death and came up on what turned out to be inconceivable killing method. Sidharth was taken into custody. The motive is not immediately clear.