SANCOALE: A 37-year-old truck driver from Bengaluru was found dead inside the cabin of his truck parked at the Metastrip company premises in Sancoale on September 29.
Police were alerted at around 11.49 am after the driver was found unresponsive inside the parked truck. The deceased was identified as Murali M., a resident of Bengaluru, Karnataka.
According to preliminary police enquiries, Murali had arrived in Goa on September 26 with the truck for loading at Metastrip and had been staying near the company premises. His friend, Ramesh V. R., told police that Murali had allegedly been consuming alcohol continuously.
Ramesh said he had visited Murali at around 9 pm on September 28 to give him food and found him heavily intoxicated and asleep inside the truck cabin.
When Ramesh returned at around 6.30 am on September 29, he found Murali dead inside the cabin.
Police conducted a UD occurrence panchanama and inquest panchanama, while the body has been preserved at South Goa District Hospital, Margao, for further proceedings.
Further investigation is being carried out by PSI Aditya Velip of Verna Police Station.
