Mob lynching: Youth beaten to death for sleeping in front of house, speech impairment suspected

PALAKKAD: Unconfirmed reports say that a youth was beaten to death in Chittoor in the name of sleeping in the front of a house. A seven-member gang beat the youth to death out of enmity for sleeping in front of the house of Kathiresan, the prime accused. It is said the youth, who is mentally unstable, regularly sleeps in front of Kathiresan’s house. The youth dead has not been identified so far. The police suspect that he was dumb.

Six out of the seven arrested are below 30 years. They beat the youth to death after chasing him for about half a kilometer in an inebriated condition. They beat him with wooden logs and stones. They continued the attack even after he collapsed near the Moolathara Regulatory. The post mortem report states that internal bleeding led to his death.

The incident happened on Saturday evening. The local people seeing his body Sunday morning informed the police. The postmortem conducted at Thrissur Medical College confirmed it as murder. There were bruises and wounds all over his body. There were large scars on the face, including ones that looked as if they were hit with a stone. Seven people were taken into custody following a police investigation focused on CCTV footage.

The Meenakshipuram police are examining more details. The investigation is progressing by a team led by Chittoor DySP Shashidharan. The police are conducting an investigation around Tamil Nadu to know his whereabouts.