Trichy: Migrant worker returns home with burn marks, claims ex-employer set him ablaze
A Tamil migrant worker from Malaysia was sent back to India, after he had a spat with his ex-employer who tried to set him on fire. He was admitted to a government hospital in Trichy.
A Tamil migrant worker who returned from Malaysia today with severe burn marks was rushed to a government hospital in Trichy in critical condition.
Kannan was a resident of Athiramapattinsm, Pattukottai district, who left for Malaysia to work as a kitchen help in a restaurant in Thungikillan two years ago.
He had a ugly spat within days of joining the restaurant and quit his job. He later found a job in a gas agency and began to work there.
However, the spat between the restaurant owner and Kannan grew bigger with the former pouring petrol on him and setting him ablaze. Hearing Kannan's scream, authorities came to his aid and he was admitted at a hospital in Malaysia. But as his condition didn't get any better, Kannan was immediately sent back to India.
He reached Trichy on September 2 and was moved to Trichy Government hospital in burnt victims unit.
He is still under danger.