Overview
- Local residents found an unidentified man’s body near Moolathara dam on Sunday, and a post-mortem at Thrissur Medical College found multiple internal injuries that doctors said are consistent with a fatal assault.
- Meenakshipuram police have arrested seven youths from Kozhinjampara and produced them in court, where they were remanded to judicial custody as interrogations continue.
- Officers say CCTV footage and witness accounts show the group pursued and beat the man with stones and wooden logs while some were drinking, and investigators are comparing suspect statements with forensic evidence.
- The victim remains unidentified; police suspect he may have been from Tamil Nadu and say locals reported he had possible hearing, speech or mental-health issues, so investigators are checking across the border to establish identity.
- The case has revived concern about vigilante mob violence in Palakkad after earlier lynchings there, and authorities say they may widen the probe and bring more serious charges if further participants are identified.