PALAKKAD: Three migrant labourers were found dead at Kanjikode railway track. Natives of Jharkhand identified as Hari Om, Kanhayi and Aravind Kumar are the three dead. The incident happened last night.

The three were contract labourers off IIT Campus. The initial conclusion of the police is that they may have been fatally knocked down by a train. However, their friends alleged it as a murder and did not allow to shift the bodies from there for hours. A tense situation has been prevailing there. The labourers pelted stones at the police. In the melee, police officials and fire force officers sustained injuries. Many vehicles were also damaged.