New Delhi, April 29: A man in the national capital was beaten to death with a broom by his colleague over a drinking session in north Delhi’s Bharat Nagar on Friday. According to reports, the victim, identified as a 50-year-old municipality sanitation worker, was thrashed to death after he refused to share a bench with a colleague. According to a report by Hindustan Times, Police informed that the accused has been identified as 32-year-old Sudhir Bunty, a sanitation worker with the same civic body. The report informs that Bunty remained unaware that he had killed his colleague until he was arrested on Saturday. A case of murder has been registered at the Bharat Nagar police station. Delhi Man Beaten to Death in Narela on Suspicion of Being a Thief, Case Registered.

The HT report states that the crime took place on Friday when Kumar was having drinks with his friends outside a tea stall. Kumar occupied a bench at the stall and his friends were seated around him when Bunty reached the spot. “Bunty asked Kumar to move aside and share the bench with him. But Kumar took offence to the manner in which he was ordered and refused to oblige”, a police official said.

According to reports, an argument followed during which Bunty picked up Kumar’s broom lying nearby and thrashed him repeatedly on the head. Soon after, Kumar’s friends intervened and rushed him to a local hospital from where he was referred to Safdarjung Hospital. The report states that Kumar died within hours of the assault. Police said that Kumar was also suffering from several ailments, including jaundice. According to investigators, Bunty and his victim, Sanjay Kumar, knew each other as colleagues.

The HT report further informs that the Police have seized a standard-issue broom belonging to the civic body as the weapon of offence. Vijayanta Arya, deputy commissioner of police (north-west) was quoted in the HT report saying that the alleged killer and his victim were drunk at the time of the incident. “It was a confrontation over the sharing of a bench. We have arrested Bunty and booked him for murder,” said the DCP.

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