A man has been arrested in the US for allegedly killing a Sikh man who was found stabbed to death at his store in New Jersey last week. Terlok Singh, 55, was found dead by his cousin on August 16 in his store with an apparent stab wound in the chest.

It was the third incident targeting the minority Sikh community in the country in three weeks. Ubiera, 55, of Newark has been arrested and charged with the murder of Singh, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino said. Ubiera did odd jobs at the store and a detention hearing is schedule for him tomorrow. The Essex County Prosecutor's office had called the incident a homicide.