India, May 23 -- A 21-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death in Faridabad's Tigaon after being abducted by family members of a minor girl with whom he had eloped a month ago, police said on Friday.

The deceased, a state-level badminton player, was a resident of Saidpur in Rajasthan's Bhiwadi. Police said he had left home two days ago after informing his family that he was travelling to Faridabad to appear before police in connection with the elopement case. He subsequently went missing.

Police said the man was in a relationship with a 17-year-old girl from Tigaon and had eloped with her on April 20. Following the incident, the girl's family registered a kidnapping case against him at Tigaon police station.

During the investigation,...