A 40-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing his 38-year-old colleague by an air compressor nozzle following a petty argument at a workshop in Sector 82A, police said.
According to the police, the deceased was identified as Harvinder Singh, a resident of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
The suspect originally from Deeg, Rajasthan, and was arrested from Rampura, Sector-82A, officers aware of the investigation said.
Police said both were working as welders at the workshop for a couple of years. A senior police official, privy to the investigation, said the incident took place between 1.30pm and 2pm on Tuesday, while hanging out together.
“The suspect hurled abuses at the victim, who lost his cool, and both got involved in a scuffle. The suspect was able to subdue him and inserted an air compressor nozzle into his body,” the officer said, asking not to be named.
Police said locals near the workshop rushed in when the victim screamed and raised an alarm. They then took him to a private hospital nearby, where the victim succumbed to his injuries.
Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that the hospital alerted the police control room about the incident.
{{/usCountry}}Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that the hospital alerted the police control room about the incident.
{{/usCountry}}On the complaint of the deceased’s brother, Sonu Kumar, an FIR under section 103(1) (murder) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered against the suspect at Kherki Daula police station on Wednesday.
Dr Deepak Mathur, in charge of the Gurugram civil hospital forensic department, said that the victim’s intestines got ruptured due to the compressed air.
The body was handed over to the family after an autopsy was conducted on Wednesday, police said.
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