Mystery shrouds death of eight migrant workers in Telangana's Warangal

In a tragic incident, Telangana cops recovered nine bodies including eight of migrant workers from a well in Telangana's Warangal district. Policemen recovered four bodies on Thursday and five corpses were fished out from the well today. The police suspect suicide due to financial problems.

Warangal(Telangana): Mystery shrouded Telangana's Warangal after eight migrant workers were found dead in a mysterious condition in a well, leaving the residents of the area in a rude jolt. A day after the bodies were fished out, trigerring panic in the area, policemen have sent the bodies for autopsy.

While four bodies were recovered from the well at Gorrekunta village on Thursday, five bodies were pulled out on Friday, making it more complex for the cops to unravel the mystery. The dead include six members of a migrant family from West Bengal, two workers from Bihar and a local resident.

Police found no external injuries on the bodies and suspect it to be mass murder or suicide. However, autopsy reports are awaited.

The bodies of Mohammed Maqsood (56), who was working in gunny bag stitching shop in Warangal, his wife Nisha (48), their daughter Bushra (24) and three year old grandson were recovered from the well late Thursday.

The rescue workers found five more bodies on Friday which included Maqsood's son named Shabaz(21), Sohail(20) and Shakeel, a local resident who worked as driver in a nearby factory. Bodies of Sriram(35), Shyam(40) were also recovered from the well.

Police informed that Maqsood and his family hailed from West Bengal and Sriram and Shyam were from Bihar. Shakeel was a local who worked as driver in a nearby factory.

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Warangal Police Commissioner V Ravinder told reporters near the scene that special teams were constituted to probe the case.

"We have accessed the call records of the deceased. It shows that mobile phones of the victims were in the same area from Wednesday morning till Friday evening. Primary investigation revealed that Maqsood had organised a birthday party for his grandson. Glasses of cold drinks and food plates were found in their house", said Warangal police commissioner V. Ravinder.

"Maqsood’s daughter Bushra had separated from her husband and was staying with her parents along with her son. She had an affair with a local person, which might have caused a fight", he added.

A case was registered at Geesukonda police station. The bodies were shifted to Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Warangal for autopsy.

Dog squads and Clues teams were pressed into service to gather the clues.