Kolkata, Nov 1 (IANS) A youth was beaten to death by members of a local club in the Kamarpukur area of West Bengal’s Hooghly district allegedly for eating three boiled eggs during a social gathering, the police said on Saturday.

The death of the 26-year-old youth has triggered shock and outrage in the locality. The police have arrested one person on charges of murder.

According to police, a social gathering was organised at a club in Kamarhati on Friday on the occasion of the immersion of Jagaddhatri Puja. Later that night, the club members sat down for a community feast — where the dispute began.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Ramchandra Ghoshal (26), a resident of Lahabazar in Kamarpukur, was allegedly attacked by his friends after he ate three boiled eggs instead of the one

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