JOIN USA BMRCL contract worker was found dead behind Mantri Square in Malleswaram on Saturday night.
The victim was identified as Venkatesh, 45, a resident of Peenya Dasarahalli. He had gone missing on Wednesday evening, police said.
The workers went near a sump at the construction site on Saturday at 6.30 pm and found Venkatesh’s body floating. They alerted the police who rushed to the spot, retrieved the body and sent it to Victoria Hospital for post- mortem.
There were injury marks on Venkatesh’s body and police suspect that someone might have murdered him and dumped the body in the sump. Venkatesh had told his family members that he had quarrelled with some security guards of BMRCL last week over a petty issue.
It is not known if the guards were involved in the murder, police said.
HAL staffer found dead
In another incident, an HAL employee was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his house in K R Puram on Sunday. The victim was identified as Sundaram, 52, a native of Hyderabad. He was working with HAL as Chief Manager (Aerospace Division).
According to the police, he was staying alone in the City as his wife and children stay at Hyderabad.
He was on leave for the past one month. The door of his house was locked for the last few days. Some neighbours informed the police after noticing foul smell emanating from the house.
The police found him on a chair with a television set switched on in front of him. They suspect cardiac arrest as cause of death. There were no injury marks on the body, police said.