An auto driver, Kadiri Appanna (47), reportedly died after falling in an open drain at Vambay Colony on the city outskirts.
According to the locals, the sanitation workers noticed the body in the drainage and alerted the Sachivalayam staff. The Nunna police rushed to the spot, retrieved and shifted the body to the Government General Hospital (GGH) mortuary.
Following a complaint lodged by the victim’s wife, K. Kantamma, a case under Section 174 CrPc (Suspicious death) has been registered, the Nunna police said.