India, June 24 -- A 25-year-old labourer was arrested for allegedly murdering his 35-year-old fellow worker by strangulating him with a cotton towel at a secluded place near Harswaroop Colony in south Delhi's Fatehpur Beri late Sunday night over a financial dispute, police said on Tuesday.

The suspect allegedly after killing his fellow worker sat beside the body for a few hours. Other labourers spotted him and the victim's body, and informed the police, said a police officer, requesting anonymity.

Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) (south) Anant Mittal said that in the early hours of Monday, a call regarding a body lying near Asthal Mandir Road in Harswaroop Colony was received at the Fatehpur Beri police station. Upon reaching the sce...