NEW DELHI, Sept. 24 -- A 45-year-old man strangled his 72-year-old uncle to death allegedly over a property dispute in central Delhi's Ranjeet Nagar on Monday evening, before calling the police himself to confess to the killing, senior officers said.

Deputy commissioner of police (central) Nidhin Valsan said the accused, identified as Neeraj Thapar of Ranjeet Nagar, was arrested from the scene. The victim was identified as Arun Kapoor, a resident of Old Rajinder Nagar.

According to a senior police officer, the control room received a call around 5.30pm in which the caller said he had killed his uncle-his paternal aunt's husband-at his Ranjeet Nagar residence. Responding to the call, officers reached the ground-floor home to find Kapoor ...