India, Sept. 28 -- Ghaziabad police on Saturday arrested two men for allegedly murdering their 20-year-old friend, blaming him for stealing a mobile phone nearly a year ago, officials from the Ankur Vihar circle said.

The victim, Mohammad Adil, a resident of Rashid Ali Gate in Loni, went missing on August 17 after receiving a call from his friend Sahil. Locals found him unconscious and injured at Nasbandi Colony on August 18. He was taken to a Delhi hospital, where he succumbed to injuries the next day.

Police identified the suspects as Abdul Tabab, 21, and Naushad Sheikh, 21, both residents of Nasbandi Colony. They were arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged by Adil's family on September 25 under BNS section 103(1) (murder) at Ankur Vi...