A woman was found murdered and wrapped in a plastic sack in the compound of a house near here on Saturday, police said.

George KK, a resident of Konthuruthi, has been arrested in connection with the incident, they added.

According to the police, the accused brought the woman, said to be a sex worker, to his house from the vicinity of South Girls’ High School in Thevara the previous night.

An altercation broke out between them over financial matters, and in a fit of rage, he struck her on the head with an iron bar, intending to kill her, Kochi Superintendent of Police Sibi Tom said.

"During interrogation, George confessed to the crime. As per his statement, he tried to drag her body out of the house to dispose it, but collapsed before completing it," Tom told reporters here.

Earlier, G

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