35-yr-old Indian worker found dead in Singapore

Yeacop Joseph, a worker with a construction company, was found dead by his fellow workers early Friday morning.

By: Press Trust of India
Singapore | December 12, 2014 02:21 PM IST

1 min read

A 35-year-old Indian worker was on Friday found dead under mysterious circumstances at a dormitory in Singapore’s northern region.

Yeacop Joseph, a worker with a construction company, was found dead by his fellow workers early this morning at a forest area near the dormitory, The Straits Times reported.

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He had been working with the firm for six months and stayed at Kranji Lodge 1 situated on Woodlands Road in the northern urban of Singapore.

A supervisor, who wished not to be named, said Joseph had not reported to work on Thursday.

The man’s wife had called him on his phone last evening but he had not answered the call, K Kumar, one of his relatives told the paper, adding that other acquaintances had also telephoned him at night but to no avail.

Police cordoned off part of a parking space and the spot while probing to ascertain the cause and reason behind his death. Further investigations were underway.