The body of Easwaradasan Kedeeswaran, a 28-year-old Tamil, was found in Aiyanagar in Trincomalee on Wednesday night, the Daily Mirror reports. He was attacked and hacked to death as he returned home that night.
Kedeeswaran had been living in the UK, before moving to Trincomalee last year with his wife.
He was making preparations to return to the UK soon to be with his wife, who had already left for the UK.
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