THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A youth was beaten to death at Vakkom in the capital city. The incident happened after a verbal dispute broke out during a temple festival. The dead has been identified as Kamsan alias Binu, a native of Vakkom. The Kadakkavoor police arrested the accused identified as Sathosh Kumar.

There was some personal enmity between the two for quite some time. A verbal dispute broke out when they met during the fest in Vakkom and this led to the murder. At the end of the argument, Santhosh took a brick that was lying nearby and beat him to death with that. Though Binu was taken to the hospital, his life could not be saved. The two are accused in criminal cases.