
A group of men beat up a 67-year-old man near his home in Delhi's Shahdara on Friday noon, shows a video. The man later died at a city hospital.
The nearly seven-second video clip shows the elderly man, Satish Chandra Gupta, being stopped a few steps away from his home.
Mr Gupta, who had a bypass surgery recently, was out for his doctor's appointment when he was 4-5 people surrounded him and demanded money, said his daughter-in-law, Jyoti.
Upon refusal, they reportedly assaulted him.
Soon, a fight broke out on the streets with multiple people trying to intervene, including Mr Gupta's son Vishal and wife, Vimla, who got injured and broke her arm amidst the altercation.
The police have arrested four people. A few others are on the run.
Vimla has also claimed that one of the accused, Rajiv Kumar Jain, demanded Rs 1 lakh from Mr Gupta a week earlier and had been seen roaming around their house.
She added that both Rajiv and his wife, Payal, have previously spent time in jail.
The police have taken possession of Mr Gupta's body and sent it for post-mortem.
Shenaz Treasury is frustrated with the traffic and pollution in Mumbai and remembers its old days when it was called Bombay and had clean air
Delhi Air Pollution: All 40 monitoring stations in Delhi show 'red', meaning AQI in the 'severe' category. Rohini in North West Delhi recorded AQI of 499, followed by Jahangirpuri and Vivek Vihar reporting AQI at 495.
Hours after pollution norms under GRAP-3 were imposed, Delhi and nearby areas saw the curbs being made stricter on Saturday evening and GRAP-4 being brought in.
The wind direction/pattern since yesterday, and winds blowing easterly, has further worsened the situation for the PM 2.5 concentrations in Delhi.
Anti-pollution curbs under GRAP-3 were imposed in Delhi on Saturday after the air quality worsened to the 'severe category.'
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