A youth was beaten to death by locals of Bahadalpur village under the Khandagiri police station here following altercation on Sunday evening.
The deceased was identified as Jyotiranjan Baliarsingh (25) alias Titan, a resident of Dum Duma.
Sources said Titan was hanging out with his two friends near railway level crossing at around 8 pm. Another youth, who was returning home with his mother on a bike, had a argument with the trio over a trivial matter.
later, the youth called up the villagers, who reached the spot to settle the issue.
After a while, the two friends of Titan apologised and left the spot. But, Titan continued arguing with the villagers, following which they severely thrashed Titan killing him on the spot.
On receiving information, both Khandagiri and Airfield police reached the spot and started investigation into the matter. The cops also detained the two friends of the deceased and are interrogating them.
Meanwhile, Titan’s family members suspect involvement of his two friends behind this incident.
However, police officials were not available to comment on the matter.