Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 14 -- Seven men were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stoning and beating a homeless man to death following an altercation in Keralam's Palakkad district, police said.

The body of the unidentified man, believed to be in his 40s, was recovered by the police near the Moolathara dam in Chittur on Sunday, an officer from the Meenakshipuram police station said.

Police identified the seven suspects as Kathireshan, Suryaprakash, Manikandan, Karthik, Prasanth, Sanjay and Naveen. They were produced before a court in Palakkad on Wednesday and remanded to 14 days' judicial custody.

Police said the deceased was an unemployed vagabond who was suspected to be from Tamil Nadu. Chittur, where the incident was reported, bord...