Panipat, Nov. 10 -- Police have arrested a man accused of fatally assaulting a resident of Panipat's Bharat Nagar locality by repeatedly punching and kicking him, officials said on Tuesday.

The accused, identified as Ramgopal, son of Ram Singh and a resident of Bharat Nagar on Babail Road, was arrested by a team from Qila police station under the supervision of Superintendent of Police Medha Bhushan.

According to police, the case was registered following a complaint by Bharat Singh, a resident of Shiv Nagar on Babail Road, who alleged that his brother, Morpal, was assaulted by Ramgopal and several other men at a rented accommodation in Bharat Nagar.

In his complaint, Bharat Singh said his brother was living in a rented room in Bharat Nag...