Surat horror: Man kills co-worker over Rs 160 wage dispute, beheads body 2 days later to hide identity

Police have arrested a man in Gujarats Surat for allegedly killing his co-worker over a wage dispute and decapitating the body two days later to conceal the victims identity, an official said on Thursday.

During the probe, the police found that the 54-year-old accused, Sachitrakumar Narendra Bal, had dumped the severed head of the victim nearly three kilometres away from where the torso was recovered, he said.

On Tuesday, the surveillance staff found the headless body of an unidentified man, aged between 30 and 35 years, inside the CNI Church Cemetery on Katargam-Vastadevdi Road in Surats Katargam area," inspector L R Gohil said.

Based on CCTV footage and information gathered from local residents, police identified the accused and found that he was a loom worker hailing from Odisha and currently residing in Railway Rahat Colony here, he said.

The Railway Rahat Colony is located adjacent to the cemetery wall.