India, April 28 -- Two men along with others unidentified were booked under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, among other charges, on Sunday after a 32-year-old man succumbed to injuries allegedly sustained when the accused thrashed him with rods and sticks at a godown in Loni on Saturday.

According to police, the deceased was Sonu Singh, a local transporter in the Bagh Ranap Colony. He had gone to a nearby godown, whose owner had called him on Saturday to ferry some goods, his family told police.

"My son was assaulted by several men with rods and sticks, following some altercation. He suffered severe injuries and died during treatment at a hospital in Delhi on Sunday. The men also hurled cast...