A youth was beaten to death following a minor altercation with friends during a feast at Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district on Saturday night.
Police detained the victim’s five friends for interrogation in connection with the incident.
The victim was identified as Sagar Nayak (18) of Akhuapada village under the Bhanjanagar police limits.
According to reports, Sagar along with his friends identified as Prakash Nayak, Binchi Nayak, lalu Nayak and Shivshankar Sethy of Akhuapada village and Amulya Swain of neighbouring Demakunda village had organised a feast. The five friends attacked Sagar and beat him to death following a minor altercation between them.
Reports said that all the friends had consumed liquor during the feast. Police reached the spot and launched an investigation.