India, July 29 -- Six autorickshaw drivers were arrested for allegedly beating a 52-year-old man to death on June 1 on alleged suspicion that he had stolen an autorickshaw in RK Puram Sector 1 in south Delhi, police said on Monday. The stolen autorickshaw was recovered from the accused, police added.

The victim was identified as Raj Kumar. He was beaten to death by Manjeet Chawla, Abhishek Shukla, Anil Kumar, Aman Kumar, Sushil Kumar, and Amit Kumar, all in their 20s, police said. Sushil and Amit were arrested on Thursday, while the other four were arrested within a week of the murder, police added. Sushil is the owner of the stolen vehicle while the other accused are his friends who caught Raj in the alleged act of theft, police said. ...