India, Aug. 18 -- Hundreds of sanitation workers and auto-tipper drivers from across Delhi protested at Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital on Monday over the killing of a on-duty sanitation worker in Kalyanpuri, and demanded Rs 1 crore compensation and a permanent government job for a member of his family.

The protesters refused to allow the body of MCD sanitation worker, Anil, to be taken from the hospital mortuary for last rites, as they threatened to keep auto-tippers off the roads across Delhi until their demands are met.

A 52-year-old man who was allegedly heavily drunk and angry over his wife's daily phone calls with another person was behind Anil's stabbing in east Delhi, police said on Monday. The accused, Nihal, was arrested from ben...