Overview
- Police identified the deceased as 36-year-old contractor Ganga Rai of Baba Haridas Nagar, originally from Samastipur, Bihar.
- The confrontation on August 25 at a construction site escalated when Ranjeet Yadav allegedly slapped Rai, who collapsed and was declared dead at a nearby hospital.
- The accused were named as brothers Ramu Yadav, 28, and Ranjeet Yadav, 26, residents of Dinpur in Najafgarh and originally from Darbhanga, Bihar.
- Officers said the men were traced and arrested within hours, a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was registered, and the body was sent for post-mortem at Rao Tula Ram Memorial Hospital.
- An eyewitness account underpins the case, police reported that an associate named Rohit Kumar was injured while intervening, and investigators said the brothers have confessed.