India, March 11 -- Two men were arrested for beating an autorickshaw driver to death after an argument in DLF Phase 3 on Saturday, police said on Monday. The incident occurred at 1am when the accused, both IT professionals, were going home on foot and found their way blocked by the victim's autorickshaw, and the victim, who was drunk, refused to move his vehicle and verbally insulted the accused, police said.

The victim was identified as Sonu Kumar, 21. The accused, Jaideep Kumar, 30, Manishankhar Shukla, 28, are IT professionals.

Police said Kumar and Shukla previously worked for the same IT firm though in different cities, Bengaluru and Lucknow, and had gotten to know each other through work. Kumar left the job in 2022 and arrived in ...