India, June 9 -- An 18-year-old from the Dalit community was allegedly beaten to death in Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal district over befriending a giril from an upper caste community. Besides, one of the teen's friends was injured in the incident, that sparked huge uproar among locals.

According to a PTI report, Ketan Lal, the deceased, had been friends with the girl for six months now.

Upon receiving a call from her at around 11pm on Sunday, Ketan went to her village Kholgarh with Diwakar Dimri, his friend.

This is when members of the girl's family locked them both in a room and assaulted them with sticks, the report further said, citing the police. The next morning, Ketan's father Dhanpal Lal received a call from the girl's father, as...