Overview
- Police identified the victim as 50-year-old Suresh Kushwaha, a labourer who slept on a footpath near Gautam Nagar police station.
- The accused is Kartik Rathore, 28, a painter from Choukse Nagar, who was traced and arrested within two hours and booked for murder.
- Investigators say a request for a beedi late Tuesday led to an argument, and the attacker returned between 5 and 6 a.m. Wednesday to smash the victim’s face with a stone.
- CCTV footage was used to track the suspect, and officers say they recovered the stones used in the attack near the DIG Bungalow Crossing.
- Police allege the assailant came back to strike the victim again after initially leaving, and questioning of the accused is continuing as the probe proceeds.