Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 -- A man, who was booked in the case of lynching of a Dalit interstate worker from Chhattisgarh in December last year, was found dead near his home at Attappallam near Walayar in Palakkad district of Kerala on Wednesday.

An official at the Walayar police station, which has registered a case of unnatural death, said the 54-year-old man is suspected to have died by suicide. His body has been shifted to the Palakkad government district hospital for autopsy.

The deceased was among nine persons arrested by the police for involvement in the lynching of Ram Narayan Baghel, a native of Chhattisgarh, by a mob on December 17, 2025.

Baghel was allegedly beaten to death by the mob on suspicion of theft four days after h...