NOIDA: A 45-year-old dhaba worker died after he was attacked with a stone and brick by a colleague just outside Dadri police station on Friday night.
The body lay there for hours before staff at the other eateries informed the cops the next morning.
Manoj, who was from Firozabad, worked at Maa Vaishno Dhaba near the main gate of the police station.
After the eatery was closed for the day, five of them, including the owner Bobby, sat down to drink.
The accused, Shankar, was then found to have committed a theft at a hotel nearby and was immediately removed from his job at the dhaba.
Manoj had also said that Shankar should be removed.
“The others left after drinking while Manoj slept at the dhaba.
Shankar started hitting him on the head with a brick and stone,” said additional DCP (Greater Noida) Vishal Pandey.
Shankar allegedly picked up a cement pot and smashed Manoj’s head with it.
Shankar was picked up from near the Dadri flyover.
Asked if there was negligence on the part of police, Pandey denied and said cops were “active” in the area.