Tiruppur: A migrant worker from Assam was found dead inside a train at Tiruppur Railway Station on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Arbindu Roy (30), who was employed as a security guard in Bengaluru.
He had boarded the train No. 12516 Silchar-Coimbatore Express train at Silchar on March 8 and was supposed to deboard the train at Jolarpet, but was found dead inside the train by fellow passengers in the wee hours of Friday.
Later, two of his acquaintances from Silchar, who were travelling on the same train to Tiruppur for their work, contacted the deceased's, family members.
The body was handed over to the deceased's sister, who was working at a private garment company in Tiruppur with the help of these fellow migrant workers.
According to reports, as the train reached Tiruppur Junction around 10.30 AM on Friday, the two men from Assam deboarded with the body wrapped in a blanket.
As soon as the information was received by the Railway Police Personnel, they rushed to the spot and conducted inquiries.
Meanwhile, the police registered a case under section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and sent the body for postmortem.
The Railway police claimed that the deceased is likely to have died due to a sudden cardiac arrest and was found to have a history of tobacco smoking and alcoholism as per the postmortem reports.
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