Overview
- The killing took place on Monday after a Sunday-night brawl between the victim and two men, police said.
- The victim was identified as Babulal, a migrant driver from Madhya Pradesh who lived with his family in a jhuggi in Sector 45.
- Witnesses and the victim’s wife told police that several assailants returned the next morning, dragged him from his shanty and attacked him with knives, sticks and batons.
- An FIR was registered at Sector-40 police station, the body was sent for post-mortem and authorities initially detained multiple suspects before reporting that ten people were arrested.
- Police say the arrests grew from an active local investigation into a feud that began with an alleged verbal abuse of the victim’s child, highlighting how small neighborhood disputes can rapidly escalate in dense informal settlements.