THRISSUR: In a shocking incident that has rattled Thrissur city, a young migrant laborer from Odisha was brutally assaulted to death following a volatile dispute at an illegal sex trafficking center. The deceased has been identified as Dhanpat Naik, who succumbed to severe head injuries at the Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital. Promptly responding to the heinous crime, the local police launched a targeted raid and arrested six individuals, including four women and two men involved in operating the racket. Preliminary investigations revealed that the illegal establishment was run by an Odisha native named Bichu Naik, who had rented a two-story residential building owned by a local Thrissur resident to carry out the illicit operations.
According to the police registry, the incident unfolded on June 18 when four Odisha natives—Karthik Naik, Makrahaji, Trinadh Madi, and Dhanpat Naik—who were gainfully employed at a popular city-based hotel, visited the location. A heated financial argument broke out between the visitors and the operators regarding the service payments. Although the youths attempted to leave the premises to de-escalate the situation, the operators forcefully dragged them back inside the compound and subjected them to a merciless physical thrashing. Dhanpat Naik sustained catastrophic internal trauma to his brain during the assault. He was instantly rushed to the medical college for emergency surgery but died earlier this morning.
Law enforcement officials noted that the illicit hub operated with extreme stealth to avoid raising suspicion among local residents and neighborhood groups. Customers were systematically channeled into the building strictly through a secluded rear entrance, and the hub catered exclusively to blue-collar interstate migrant laborers working across the district. The arrested women have been identified as natives of Assam and Odisha. The Thrissur city police have registered a formal case under relevant sections of the Indian Nyaya Sanhita (INS) for murder and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, and a comprehensive, wider investigation is currently underway to track down other links.
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തൃശൂർ നഗരത്തിൽ വാടക വീട് കേന്ദ്രീകരിച്ച് പ്രവർത്തിച്ചിരുന്ന പെൺവാണിഭ കേന്ദ്രത്തിലുണ്ടായ സാമ്പത്തിക തർക്കത്തെ തുടർന്ന് ഒഡീഷ സ്വദേശിയായ ധൻപത് നായിക് എന്ന ഹോട്ടൽ തൊഴിലാളി മർദ്ദനമേറ്റ് കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടു. സംഭവവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് നാല് ഇതരസംസ്ഥാന യുവതികളെയും രണ്ട് പുരുഷന്മാരെയും തൃശൂർ പോലീസ് അറസ്റ്റ് ചെയ്തു. ഒഡീഷ സ്വദേശിയായ ബിച്ചു നായിക് നടത്തിയ ഈ രഹസ്യ കേന്ദ്രത്തിലേക്ക് ഇതരസംസ്ഥാന തൊഴിലാളികൾക്ക് മാത്രമായിരുന്നു പ്രവേശനം. സംഭവത്തിൽ പോലീസ് അന്വേഷണം ഊർജിതമാക്കി.
(With inputs from MN)
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