India, Dec. 18 -- A 28-year-old eatery worker was killed in east Delhi's Shashi Garden near Pandav Nagar early Wednesday following an altercation over smoking a beedi, police said, adding that the suspect, a 32-year-old man has been arrested and a blood-stained stick used in the offence also recovered.

The arrested suspect, identified as Manoj (single name), a barber, attacked Deepak Thakur multiple times with a bamboo stick in a fit of rage after the latter allegedly threatened him during an altercation and grabbed him by his neck, said officials.

The argument had started when Manoj asked for a beedi from a person and Thakur, a local eatery worker, offered his lit beedi but Manoj refused to smoke it, they added.

Thakur turned furious ...