India News | One Held for Murder of Delhi Man over Financial Dispute

New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing a person over a financial dispute in southeast Delhi's Okhla Industrial Area, police said on Monday.

The arrested accused has been identified as Sarfaraz Alam alias Raju, they said.

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Ali Hasan, a 26-year-old resident of Tekhand village, was admitted to the ESIC Hospital with stab injuries on June 15 and an attempt-to-murder case was registered at Okhla Industrial Area police station, a senior police officer said.

During the investigation, the police recorded the statement of an eyewitness, identified as Mukesh.

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Mukesh said Hasan met him at Gola Kuan on June 15 and told him that he had to borrow money from Alam, who works at Okhla Phase-1, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Rajesh Deo said.

Hasan asked Mukesh to accompany him. When they reached Okhla Phase-1, an argument broke out between Hasan and Alam over Rs 3,500. The argument escalated and Alam allegedly stabbed Hasan with a sharp object near his left shoulder, Deo said.

The doctors at ESIC Hospital referred Hasan to a higher centre and he was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital. He succumbed on June 26, the police said.

The police arrested Alam from the Nawada district of Bihar, Deo said.

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