India, June 15 -- Five people have been arrested and two boys held in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district for allegedly beating a Kerala man to death on June 9 after he lost his way and wandered into Sankijahan village, police said on Monday.

On Sunday, a district justice board sent the two to a home for juvenile delinquents. A local court remanded three adult accused in judicial and two in police custody.

Police cited their investigation and said Sukdeb alias Sandip was a guest of Hiralal Das, a migrant worker in Kerala. They added that he accompanied Das when he returned home in June.

"The background of the deceased is not very clear. The probe indicates that he could speak only a few Hindi words, and Das knew a few Malayali wor...