India, Feb. 16 -- Former Goa legislator Lavoo Suryaji Mamledar, 69, died allegedly after an altercation over a minor road accident with an auto-rickshaw driver in Belagavi on Saturday afternoon, during which he was struck at least five times by the latter, police officers aware of the matter said, adding that the driver has been arrested.

Belagavi deputy superintendent of police Rohan Jagadish said, "The former legislator was declared dead at the government-run civil hospital, where he was rushed to after he collapsed at the doorstep of his hotel, moments after the incident."

The accused auto driver has been identified as Shakeel Sanadi, police said.

"The former legislator's car brushed against Sanadi's auto on Khade Bazaar road," the ...