India, Nov. 27 -- A 21-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by his neighbour for dumping kitchen garbage in his empty plot in Manesar, police said on Wednesday.

Police identified the deceased as Gaurav Singh, originally from Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh. He had come to Gurugram three months back. He lived in a rented accommodation at Bhangrola with his roommates where the incident had taken place between 9am and 9.30am on November 20.

A senior police officer said that Singh and his roommates had cooked food and had kept the vegetable peels in a small plastic bag to dump it outside.

"Singh carried the garbage and threw it in an empty plot around100 metres away from his room," he said.

According to police, the plot belonged to Deepak (...