India, Feb. 4 -- A 36-year-old businessman who was allegedly beaten with a bike helmet by two food delivery executives during an argument in Connaught Place last month has died, succumbing to his injuries 17 days later, police said on Tuesday.

Police identified the victim as Shivam Gupta, 36,a resident of east Delhi's Laxmi Nagar, adding that two men suspected in the case have been arrested.

On January 2, he was in CP to attend a party when he and his friend got into an altercation with two men near E-Block, close to Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, said an investigator familiar with the matter.

The fight broke out after Shivam allegedly abused one of the delivery agents for refusing to give him a matchbox, following which his friend slapped...