India, Jan. 9 -- Four people, including a rice mill owner, were arrested on Friday after a 28-year-old man was beaten to death for alleged paddy theft at a mill in Siris village of Bihar's Aurangabad district late Thursday night.

Police identified the deceased as Suman Kumar, a resident of Tendua village.

Police were informed about the assault at 2 am on Thursday, following which they rescued Kumar and took him to the local community health centre. Doctors referred him to Sadar Hospital in Aurangabad, where he died during treatment.

Aurangabad Superintendent of Police (SP) Ambrish Rahul formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Sanjay Kumar Pandey, with a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team...