A Bharatiya-American businessman, Hemant Mistry dies in Oklahoma after being punched by a stranger this weekend. The incident was recorded on camera, which shows a man punching Mistry, a motel manager, after which fell flat to the ground.
The 59-year-old succumbed to injuries at a local hospital after police responded to the assault that took place on Saturday around 10:00 pm local time. The victim hails from Gujarat state of India, according to the media reports.
The CCTV footage shows Mistry being confronted by a 41-year-old man, identified as Richard Lewis, who then gets into an argument with the victim and Mistry asks him to leave the property. In response, Lewis punches Mistry fatally, knocking him unconscious.
According to the Oklahoma City Police Department, the incident took place on Saturday night around 10:00 pm.
‘Police were summoned to a motel parking lot in reference to an assault. Officers arrived and learned 59-year-old Hemant Mistry was in the process of asking 41-year-old Richard Lewis to leave the property. While doing so, Lewis punched Mistry one time, knocking him unconscious’, the Oklahoma police noted in an official release.
Oklahoma police nabbed Lewis at a hotel in the 1900 block of S Meridian Avenue. Lewis was held on a $100,000 bond at the Oklahoma County jail on an aggravated assault and battery complaint on June 24.
The city police informed the press that the reason for the suspect being asked to leave the premises remains uncertain, but he was reluctant to exit.
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