The Muvattupuzha police have taken 10 persons into custody in a suspected case of mob lynching in which a migrant worker was allegedly beaten to death at Valakam in Muvattupuzha late on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Asok Das, 24, originally from Arunachal Pradesh, who was living in a rented house at Valakam. He was allegedly tied up to a tree and beaten up.
According to the first information report (FIR) registered by the police, the victim had come to a house where his friend was staying for rent along with her relative on Thursday around 5 p.m. Later, around 9.30 p.m., he was stopped by local residents, tied to a tree, and allegedly beaten up following which he collapsed.
