Muscat: Oman’s police said on Wednesday that alcohol poisoning was the main reason for the death of an Indian national who works in a construction company in Salalah province in southern Oman.
The body of the Indian worker was found in a camp toilet after 24 hours of search operations. Oman’s police ruled out any criminal act in the death of the worker.
On Tuesday, local papers reported that Lachaiah Tangallapelly went missing on Friday evening. His roommates assumed that he might have gone somewhere else. “However, as he didn’t turn up for duty on Sunday morning, we informed the police and they found the body lying in a toilet inside the camp,” a senior official from the company said.
Lachaiah was missing since June 17 and was found dead on June 19 by the police team. His roommates and a camp official were taken into custody by the police, but were later released.
“The body is in such a decomposed state that it could not be embalmed for repatriation. Hospital authorities have told us that the body is not in a condition to be embalmed,” the senior official said, adding that they have plans to provide the air fare for the family to fly to Oman from India to attend the victim’s final rites. The deceased is survived by his wife and two sons aged 21 and 17.
Last week, six Omanis were arrested over the kidnap, robbery and murder of a fuel station attendant in Sunainah province in June 17, said an official at Oman’s police.
The victim is identified as John Philip, an Indian. His body was found with bruises in Masrooq area of Ibri province on June 22.
The official added that the culprits assaulted the victim when he was working at the fuel station at night. They stole more than 4,000 riyals and they damaged CCTV cameras of the fuel station.
