Chennai: A 34-year-old Nepal national was found dead with severe head injuries in Thalambur, near Thiruporur, on Thursday morning. The man, identified as Bahadur, was employed at a private firm near Thiruporur and stayed in a rented house in Thalambur. Police said Bahadur had argued with a woman living nearby on July 28. The woman later told her relatives that Bahadur had misbehaved with her. Her relatives subsequently confronted Bahadur and assaulted him.Bahadur, who suffered minor injuries, received treatment at a private hospital and returned home. He did not report for work the following day.On Thursday morning, Bahadur was found lying dead in a bushy area near his house with serious injuries to his head. Thalambur police recovered the body and sent it to Chromepet Govt Hospital for postmortem examination.Based on a complaint from Thalambur Village Administrative Officer Hariharan, police registered a case and began an investigation.Police are probing whether Bahadur succumbed to injuries from the earlier assault or whether he was attacked again and killed. The exact cause of death will be known after the postmortem report, police said.
