Beaten up allegedly by a policeman with lathi for not wearing a face mask, a youth succumbed to his injuries in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam district on Wednesday.

Yaricharla Kiran, who was injured in a July 19 incident, died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Guntur. Kiran had questioned the police's attitude and reminded them about the rules, when they took him into custody and whisked him away in a police jeep.