India, Jan. 2 -- Police on Thursday arrested a 24-year-old who, following a fight on late December 2 night, allegedly murdered a 22-year-old auto-part supplier by strangulating him with electrical wires near Chaman Vihar colony at Ankur Vihar, officials said.

Officials identified him as Arun Kumar, a friend and neighbour of the deceased.

Police said that Chaman Vihar resident Amarpal Singh, 22, was found strangled in an open field near his locality. Around 9.30pm on December 29, he had received a call from and rushed to meet the caller. He did not return, but his family, after a search, found his body and an electrical wire tied to his throat. His family on December 31 filed an FIR for murder against unidentified persons.

"Arun was tra...