Abdul Razaak (63) of Regunathapuram near Papanasam, a textile shop owner, was found dead at his house on Thursday.
According police, Razaak, who had returned from abroad, had set up a textile showroom at Rajagiri near Papanasam. He was residing alone in his house at Regunathapuram while his four sons and a daughter reside at different places in the district.
On Thursday morning, Mohammed Arif of Regunathapuram, one of the sons of Abdul Razaak received a phone call from a staff that Abdul Razaak had failed to turn up at Rajagiri to open the shop.
Subsequently, Arif rushed to his father’s house only to find the front door broken open and his father lying dead in a pool of blood. Ayyampettai police have registered a case and are investigating.
