Daily wage worker found dead inside drain

A daily wage worker was today found dead inside a drain near Municipal corporation headquarters here, police said.

The deceased was identified as Bollinkala Veerreddy (47). His body was recovered in the wee hours and sent it to the government general hospital for post mortem, an official attached to two town police station said.

The cause of his death is yet to be ascertained and a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code was registered, the official said.

Police said a probe was on.