India, Oct. 31 -- A migrant worker from Jharkhand's Giridih district was reportedly killed in Saudi Arabia earlier this month after being caught in a crossfire between local police and an extortion gang involved in the illegal liquor trade.

In a heart-wrenching final message from a foreign land, the migrant worker sent a voice note to his wife, saying the police were firing at someone else but he had been hit by mistake, Live Hindustan reported.

The victim, Vijay Kumar Mahato, a resident of Dudhapania village under Dumri block, was employed with Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company in Saudi Arabia, according to the Hindi daily.

He had reportedly gone to collect materials at his worksite on the instructions of a senior company o...