New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) A 26-year-old labourer died allegedly after being pushed off from the third floor of an under-construction building by a fellow worker following an altercation in east Delhi's Geeta Colony area, police said on Tuesday.

The fellow worker was arrested on Monday. The 50-year-old accused, Netra Pal, had fled the spot after the incident, they said..

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The deceased was identified as Mohammad Salman, who had allegedly borrowed a mobile charger from Pal and was not returning it back. The issue led to a verbal spat and soon turned into a scuffle between the two. Pal pushed him off the third floor of an under construction building on the NSUT campus, a senior police officer said.

The Geeta Colony police station received a call from a hospital around 1 am on Monday informing it about the incident. A police team reached the hospital and learnt that the victim, Salman, was brought there by some fellow workers and he died during treatment.

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The police team got input about the entire matter from other fellow workers and arrested the accused on the charge of murder. A welder, Salman originally hailed from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, police added.

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