India, Sept. 23 -- A 26-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death over a suspicion of interfaith relationship in Lucknow's Saadatganj area on the intervening night of September 22-23.

Two of the three accused have been taken into custody, while the third one is absconding, PTI reported.

The accused have been identified as Himalaya Prajapati, Sonu and Saurabh Prajapati. They allegedly called the victim, Ali Abbas, to their house to discuss his "relationship with their sister where he beaten with sticks.

Abbas suffered head injuries and was taken to the hospital by local police, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Vishwajeet Srivastava said. However, he succumbed to the injuries.

His father Arif Zamir filed a complaint following which...