A 32-year-old Nigerian succumbed to his injuries when he jumped from the first floor of his Uttam Nagar residence on Wednesday evening.

According to police, Okei tried to flee from them after he found that police was in pursuit of another Nigerian national Peter, who lives in the same house, under the charges of drug peddling. The incident occurred around 8.30pm when the deceased came to know that locals had tracked down Peter and were about to hand him over to police.

Said deputy commissioner of police (west) Sharad Aggarwal to Times City, "The Sonepat police had visited to Peter's Om Vihar residence four days ago. When they did not find him there, they had asked the owner of the house to keep an eye out for him. The houseowner, with the help of a few locals, succeeded in catching hold of Peter on Wednesday and alerted police. Fearing that he might also get arrested, Okei jumped from the first floor in an attempt to escape and suffered severe injuries in his head. He was declared brought dead in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital.''

Local police arrested Peter on Thursday under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act following the arrest of his lady accomplice recently, in Sonepat. Peter was later handed over to the Sonepat police. Okei was a garment exporter in the city, said police. It is still not clear why he feared arrest. Police are investigating the case.

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