Palakkad: A youth was beaten to death at Palakkad. Palakkad Pattambi native Harshad was killed by his relative for allegedly being late in feeding the dog. The police confirmed that the accused Hakim was beaten by Harshad with a belt and a piece of wood. Harshad was brutally beaten and fell to the ground as Hakim kicked his ribs and broke his ribs. The cause of death was determined to be internal bleeding. According to the postmortem report, Harshad’s body had around 100 marks of beating. The police investigation found that Hakeem had brutally beaten Harshad several times.
The police had taken evidence of the accused Hakim at night.