According to the police, Darshan Singh (60) employed Madan Lal in his screw-manufacturing factory last month.

Darshan told the police that Madan was feeling uncomfortable in the evening.

“I asked my worker to take him home. The worker dropped Madan and returned,” he told the police.

Lal’s health deteriorated last night and he was rushed to the General Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, where he later died.

The colony dwellers alleged that Lal was beaten up by Darshan and left in his shack without any medical attention.

The workers of the factory, however, came out in support of Darshan and refuted the allegations.

Darshan, meanwhile, claimed he was “too old to beat anybody”.