India, July 27 -- A 45-year-old hawker was beaten to death allegedly by a 40-year-old man following an argument over a trivial issue near AIIMS metro station on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, a police officer said on Sunday.

The accused, a resident of Taimoor Nagar in South East Delhi, next to New Friends Colony, was apprehended by bystanders following the incident and taken into police custody. The deceased was identified as Manoj Singh, a native of Bihar's Nawada district.

Police said they received an alert about a quarrel near Gate No. 3 of the AIIMS metro station on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. A police team reached the spot and found the suspect was being nabbed by the people gathered at the spot.

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