India, April 9 -- A 40-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing his 38-year-old colleague by an air compressor nozzle following a petty argument at a workshop in Sector 82A, police said.

According to the police, the deceased was identified as Harvinder Singh, a resident of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.

The suspect originally from Deeg, Rajasthan, and was arrested from Rampura, Sector-82A, officers aware of the investigation said.

Police said both were working as welders at the workshop for a couple of years. A senior police official, privy to the investigation, said the incident took place between 1.30pm and 2pm on Tuesday, while hanging out together.

"The suspect hurled abuses at the victim, who lost his cool, and both ...