New Delhi: A grocery shop owner and his sons fatally attacked a 30-year-old man with an iron rod and a pair of scissors for allegedly not making purchases from his shop in northwest Delhi's Shakurpur. Police gave this information on Monday.

According to the police, the incident occurred on June 30. The deceased was identified as Vikram Kumar.

Police said the accused Lokesh Gupta and his two sons – Priyansh and Harsh – were arrested and booked for murder.

"Gupta runs a grocery shop. Vikram's family were his old regular customers. About a month ago, the family had stopped buying food items from Gupta's shop due to some issues between them. This angered them. Sunday A fight broke out between them at around 10 pm,” said a senior police officer.

The officer further said that during the fight, Gupta and his sons hit Vikram on the head with an iron rod and attacked his neck, resulting in his death.