A man threw a decomposed body outside a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu's Palani Chettipatti after the owner refused to give him meat on Sunday, the police said.

The man, identified as Kumar, works at a graveyard and was a regular customer at the shop run by Maniyarasan, the police said. On Sunday, Kumar went to the shop and asked for meat. However, Maniyarasan refused to give him the meat.

Kumar left but later returned with a body he had reportedly taken from a graveyard. He threw it in front of the shop and fled, according to the police.

Authorities arrived, retrieved the body and transported it back to the graveyard in a mortuary van. The police are searching for Kumar.

Source: India Today