New Delhi, September 2: A man identified as Sumit Khatri was beaten to death in North Delhi's Burari area. Police reported that four suspects, including a minor, have been arrested. The incident reportedly stemmed from a quarrel over a mobile phone. The accused, identified as Aman, Manav, Rudraksha, and a 17-year-old minor, were apprehended within hours of the incident, according to the police.

The police stated that the motive behind the murder was a dispute over the mobile phone. The accused, all of whom are drug addicts, had been attempting to retrieve a phone from the deceased, leading to a violent altercation that resulted in Sumit's death. Delhi Shocker: 68-Year-Old Man Found Dead in Malviya Nagar, Police Suspect Suicide.

The police team analysed CCTV footage and gathered local intelligence to identify the suspects and their hideouts. The accused were found to be residents of Kaushik Enclave, Burari, police said. The police have recovered a motorcycle, a scooter, and three mobile phones belonging to the accused. The clothes worn by the suspects at the time of the incident have also been seized, according to the police.

All the accused confessed to their involvement in the murder. The investigation revealed that they were all drug addicts. The Motorola mobile phone belonging to one of the accused, Manav, had been taken by another drug addict named Dinesh, who claimed he needed to make a call but did not return it, police said. Delhi Shocker: Administration Alerts Police After 10-Year-Old Boy Carries Father’s Pistol to School in Najafgarh.

When Manav, accompanied by the other suspects, went to Dinesh's house to retrieve the phone, they did not find him there. In anger, the suspects demanded that Dinesh's mother return the phone. Subsequently, Dinesh arranged for his acquaintance, Sumit Khatri, to hand over the mobile phone to the accused at Nathupura Bus Stand in Burari, Delhi. Upon seeing the phone in Sumit's possession, the suspects brutally attacked him until he died, police reported. Further investigation into the matter is ongoing, and more details are awaited.

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