A 41-year-old Indian-origin executive died in the US days after he was assaulted during an altercation outside a restaurant in downtown Washington.

According to investigators, officers responded to the 1100 block of 15th Street Northwest outside Shoto Restaurant at around 2am (local time) for an assault on February 2. Once officers arrived, they found Vivek Taneja on the pavement. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A probe found that Taneja and an unknown man were involved in a verbal argument that turned physical, WUSA, a TV station in Washington affiliated with CBS, said.

Taneja was knocked to the ground and hit his head on the pavement. He died from his injuries at the hospital on Wednesday. The police are now investigating Taneja’s death as a homicide.

Taneja was the cofounder and president of Dynamo Technologies. According to the company’s website, Taneja “leads Dynamo’s strategic, growth, and partnership initiatives, with an emphasis on the federal government contracting arena”. The police continue to search for the man who threw the deadly punch.

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a suspect involved in a homicide that occurred on the 1100 block of 15th Street, NW on February 2.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of an assault, where they found an adult male suffering from life-threatening injuries.