A 55-year-old alcoholic man was beaten to death by a group of people who mistook him as a trouble maker after he knocked on the door of a house to beg in Swagath Layout in Karekallahalli, Gauribidanur, in the wee hours of Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Manjunath, a resident of RT Nagar, who was a plumber. According to the police, his wife and children had left him seven months ago due to his chronic alcoholism. Since then, Manjunath was living on the footpaths and begging.
Early on Saturday, he ventured into Swagath Layout and knocked on the door of the accused to beg. Mistaking him as a thief, the house owner Ambarish alerted his neighbours Sunil and Kailash, who rushed out and thrashed Manjunath.
