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Abdul Latheef Naha

Hotelier from Tirur murdered, body cut and dumped into Attappady gorge in 2 briefcases

A police investigation into a man missing case has unraveled a cold-blooded murder of a hotelier from Tirur in Malappuram district by a gang of youngsters.

The police recovered the chopped up body of Siddique Mechery, 59, from a deep gorge at Attappady ghat road on Friday with the help of the Fire and Rescue Services personnel. The body was shifted to Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, for postmortem.

Siddique, who owns a hotel in Kozhikode, was missing since May 18. His body, cut in halves, was found in two trolley briefcases. When one briefcase contained the upper torso, the other had the lower part in it. The police said the body was seven days old.

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