Man crushed to death after brawl over parking

A trivial parking dispute between two groups took a fatal turn as a man was crushed to death and his two brothers were critically injured following a brawl, in Lucknow on Sunday morning, police said.

Later in the day, the Aliganj police arrested the three key accused who allegedly killed their neighbour by mowing him down with a sports utility vehicle (SUV) when the latter objected to a pick-up truck reportedly parked in the middle of a street by the accused.

Sharing further details, Lucknow deputy commissioner of police (DCP) SM Qasim Abidi said around 3.30 am Deepu Gautam had an altercation with accused, Rishabh Srivastava and Anuj Gupta, in the locality on Sitapur Road.

The DCP added Deepu’s two brothers—Mukesh and Rakesh—showed up as Rishabh and Anuj tried to force their way into the former’s residence during the dispute. Seeing this, Rishabh called one Shahil Sonker and one other man for help.