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In a murder case, Kochi police have taken a man into custody who was found unconscious near the corpse of a woman, a native of Palakkad.
The body was wrapped in a plastic sack in the compound of a house in Thevara, police said on Saturday.
According to the various media reports, K K George, a resident of Konthuruthy was taken into custody after he was found next to the woman's body.
According to a report by India Today, police alleged that the accused brought the woman, who is said to be a sex worker, to his house the previous night.
A fight occurred between the two over money, following which he hit her on the head with an iron rod in a fit of rage.
Kochi Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Sibi Tom said that George has confessed to the crime.
He said, "According to his statement, he had picked up a sex worker from the South Railway Station on Friday night. But they had an altercation over money… and George hit the woman on the head with an iron rod."
"During interrogation as per George's statement, he tried to drag her body out of the house to dispose it, but collapsed before completing it."
The body, discovered on the tiled courtyard beside the house, was first spotted by the volunteers of 'Haritha Karma Sena', a cleaning squad who were in the area to collect garbage.
They informed the local councillor, who alerted the police.
Local corporation councillor, Bency Benny said that George was an attendant who helped the elderly and indisposed at their homes.
According to a report by Indian Express, police said that on realising that the woman was dead, George tried to dispose of the body. He found an empty packing sack and stuffed the body inside.
According to police, while taking out the sack, George, who was reportedly in an inebriated condition, collapsed and dozed off.
Reportedly, George had been alone in his house as his wife was away visiting their daughter who is married and his son is studying abroad.
(With PTI inputs)