A 62-year-old autorickshaw driver was beaten to death by four youths at Kallambalam in the district in the early hours of Wednesday, just hours before his daughter’s marriage.
The deceased, identified as Raju of Vadasserikonam, was cruelly assaulted and bludgeoned with a spade at his house, the police said citing eyewitness accounts. The youths, Jishnu, Jijin, Shyam and Manu were later arrested by the police.
Several people, including the bride and her mother Jaya, were injured in the assault.
