A 35-year-old African national was arrested on Saturday in connection with the murder of one Nigerian last week in south Delhi's Mehrauli, police said.
A Nigerian national, Hillary alias Harry (30), was stabbed to death after a brawl between the two groups of Africans on the night of March 9.
According to the police, the accused, identified as Osaretin was arrested from Kishanganj district of Bihar. Osaretin told police that earlier on March 9, the opposite group had beaten one of his group member in the fight. "There after Osaretin along with other accused persons went out in search of their group people and they found Hillary near Chattarpur and they had beaten him and injured him by knife and ran away," DCP (south) Romil Baaniya said in a statement. After the murder, Osaretin had gone to Bihar to escape the arrest. "Osaretin had hired a cab from Punjab and left for Bihar/Assam side. The swift coordination between Bihar Police and Delhi Police resulted in the apprehension of alleged accused person at Kishanganj," the statement stated.
Police said that Osaretin had come to India in 2010 and is a permanent resident of Nigeria. He ran a garment business from his house, mostly dealing in online sale and purchase, police said.