NEW DELHI, Sept. 29 -- A man was killed and two of his friends were injured after a group of people allegedly thrashed them on suspicion of theft in outer Delhi's Shahbad Dairy on Tuesday morning, police said.

Police have apprehended five people in connection with the case.

Police said they received a PCR call around 7am reporting that local residents had caught a few suspected thieves and were beating them up. A police team rushed to the spot and rescued the three men.

One of the injured, identified as Hasan Mangal, was declared dead at the hospital. The other two injured men are undergoing treatment, police said.

DCP (Outer North) Shobhit Saksena said five suspects involved in the assault/murder have been apprehended and a crime tea...