Ludhiana, July 30 -- A day after a 16-year-old Ludhiana boy was allegedly assaulted during a clash among workers at a warehouse in Gurdaspur's Dera Baba Nanak, he succumbed on Wednesday.

The victim, Ashok Kumar, was a resident of Sehjo Majra village near Machhiwara, Ludhiana, said police.

According to his father, Ganga Ram, he had travelled to Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district with a contractor to work as a labourer engaged in loading and unloading wheat stocks at government warehouses.

Ram told police that on Tuesday, a dispute broke out among labourers at the work site, during which Ashok suffered serious injuries. Family members claimed that although there were no major visible wounds, the teenager sustained internal injuries du...