India, Oct. 5 -- A 32-year-old man was arrested by Ghaziabad police on Friday for allegedly bludgeoning a 55-year-old scrap dealer to death during a theft attempt at Ilaichipur locality in Loni's Tronica City on October 1, officers said.

The accused, Sumit Kumar, a resident of nearby Qasim Vihar, allegedly entered the godown of Abdul Rehman, who was sleeping alone, to steal scrap material, police said. An FIR for murder had been registered against an unidentified man at the Tronica City police station the same day.

"We scanned CCTV footage in the area and found a man in a red shirt and cap. After processing the images and showing them to local scrap dealers, we identified the suspect. He had fled soon after the incident. Based on an inf...