Two vendors have been arrested for the death of a part-time teacher of a private school, whose body was found outside a railway station in North Delhi’s Kotwali area, police said on Tuesday. The teachers identified as Mohammad Owais.
Investigation by the North district police revealed that Owais (27) was on his way home in Shamli district of Western Uttar Pradesh on Monday night when he entered into a scuffle with the two vendors identified as Lallan and Ayub, over the price of headphone, they said, adding the duo allegedly hit Owais and he fell on the ground.
“On receiving information about the incident, police rushed to the exit gate of Old Delhi Railway station and found a man lying there.
He was taken to Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital where he was declared brought dead,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Harendra Kumar Singh said.
The body was handed over to his family on Tuesday morning after autopsy. No external injury mark was found on the body, a senior police officer said, adding the accused have been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and the police are investigating the cause of the death.