The Muslim man was visiting a woman he knew.
By Dileep Thekkethil
BENGALURU: A Muslim youth in Thrissur, Kerala was beaten to death by a mob in what appears to be a case of moral policing after he was found in the house of a woman.
According to the police report, the deceased, P Savahir, 27, a native of Chavakkad in Thrissur district, went to the house of a woman whom he knew. She was in the house, along with her sister and mother, when Savahir visited.
A neighbor of the woman, who saw Sahavir entering the house, and not knowing him, alerted nearby residents.
Soon, a group of nearby residents and others gathered outside the house, along with relatives of the women.
The angry mob questioned Savahir and without much ado, not listening to his explanations, beat and tortured him mercilessly.
The victim suffered grave injuries. Later, a few locals took him to a nearby hospital, but he was proclaimed dead by the doctors, during the early hours of Friday.
A similar case of moral policing was earlier reported in Kozhikode district in Kerala, where a higher secondary school student and her brother were kept captive by a group of people suspecting them to be lovers from different religions.