Man found dead at USJ 11/3

There was a man who was found dead in our area this morning around 10 am. There were a lot of policemen around who had cordoned off that area for investigations. They were seen removing the body from the scene. More details pending.

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As reported earlier, a newspaper vendor was found dead in the drain in front of one of our resident's house. He had emailed the story to our Street Leader. He also commented on the patrol guard not noticing the bike which was parked in front of his house and that the rider was missing since last night.

We would like you to know that the patrol guard has since been removed and replaced by the Security company beginning tonight. We will continue to monitor the guards to ensure they carry out their duties as diligently as possible. Your feedback is also welcomed.

Anyway, here is the story from our resident in 3L in an email to our Street Leader, Murali:

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Hi Murali

You may have wondered why there were so many police cars early in the morning just outside my house, No. xx.

Well, let's start the story from the beginning.

Last night at about 7pm, the newspaper guy came to collect the dues for last month. He looked drunk or on drugs or both, and parked his m/cycle just infront of our gate and rocked the gate and tried to come in thro the small door. I stopped him and came down to pay him the money and went back inside. This was not the first time he came to collect money in a drunken stupor.

At 8 pm, I noticed that the bike was still outside our gate and called his boss, didn’t get thro and called the other number, and one of his mates picked up. I told him about the bike but he was nowhere to be seen and asked him to come take the bike away.

This morning at 7am I saw the bike was still there and on checking, found the guy lying flat and outstretched inside the drain, somewhere inbetween my house and the neighbour on the right. I immediately called the police and also the newspaper boss, who appeared in a few minutes with a helper. They pulled him out from the drain but I could see that his body had already stiffened. Shortly afterwards, the police came.

One of the policeman told me there was blood on his head, and they covered up the body in a black plastic.

So, that's the story.

One disturbing matter is that our security people didn’t investigate this lonely motorcycle parked right in front of my gate throughout the night. The police came about 7:45am, but none of our security people were there when I left the house at about 820 am.

I was also told by one of our neighbours that recently there were 4 robberies / break-ins in 11 Trees?

Regards

Oei