A 27-year-old man who sustained serious injuries allegedly after being beaten with a helmet by a group of assailants at Thottappally in Alappuzha on Sunday night died on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Nandu Anand of Thottapally.
According to the police, a gang attacked Nandu and hit him on his head with a helmet during a temple festival around 8 p.m. He fell unconscious and was taken to the Government Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha. As his condition worsened, Nandu was shifted to a private hospital in Kochi where he died on Monday afternoon.
The Ambalappuzha police have taken four persons including a Democratic Youth Federation of India leader into custody in connection with the death. The police said that their arrest would be recorded soon.
