Man beaten to death over liquor payment in Hyderabad

The victim was identified as Prakash.

Hyderabad: An elderly man was beaten to death on Sunday, November 1, over payment for liquor in Hyderabad’s Kawadiguda.

The victim was identified as Prakash. The incident occurred at Kalpana Junction, when the man approached a youth consuming liquor outside the Sai Restaurant and Bar and asked for money to buy alcohol.

Irked by the request, the man began punching Prakash, due to which the latter collapsed and died. Following the incident, the victim was shifted to Gandhi Hospital for post-mortem. Speaking to Siasat.com, the Gandhinagar police said, “A case of murder has been registered under Section 103(1) of the BNS, and an investigation is underway.”