India, April 15 -- The Delhi Police on Monday arrested a 25-year-old man after he allegedly murdered two men near Model Town last week, officers said.

Police said the incident occurred on the intervening night of April 7 and 8, when accused Vijay Shah alias Babu had an altercation with two pavement dwellers at Gujranwala Town after they refused to share their matchbox with him. Officers, quoting an eyewitness, said Shah picked up a concrete brick and beat the two men to death.

Deputy commissioner of police (northwest) Bhisham Singh said on the morning of April 8, the Model Town police station received a call about a man's body being found on the footpath near the Kripal Bagh Ashram. At the same time, another man's body was found near Pa...