KOTTAYAM: In a bizarre incident, a man was beaten to death by his daughter’s lover and his friends. The dead has been identified as Sajeev (49) of Pathanamthitta. He was beaten brutally on July 27. Sajeev, who was in the Gulf, returned home two weeks ago after learning of his daughter's love affair.

Sajeev, tried his best to dissuade his daughter from her affair with a driver, a native of Kottayam. He reached Sajeev’s house to question it. A verbal dispute broke out between the two and the next day his daughter eloped with him taking all the ornaments from home.

Sajeev reached his wife’s house in Mezhuveli on July 27. The driver along with his four friends reached there and attacked him. He immediately fell down and was first taken to a private hospital in Kozhencherry and later to a hospital in Vaikkom. He died yesterday.

His body was handed over to his relatives after post mortem. He will be cremated on Sunday.

Meantime, Sajeev’s daughter and her lover has lodged a complaint against Sajeev at the Aranmula police station. Station house officer Chandrababu said the reason for the death will be known only after getting the post mortem report.