MEERUT, May 31 -- Bareilly police have arrested four individuals who allegedly murdered their friend, a milk parlour operator, after a drunken brawl. The arrests were made following a late-night encounter on Friday, authorities said.

The body of the milk parlour operator, identified as Sanket Chauhan, 25, was found lying in front of Mohanpur Panchayat Ghar within Cantt police station limits on Thursday night.

According to SP (city) Manush Pareek, Sanket was killed by his own friends following a brawl during a drinking session.

The police arrested Aman alias Ritik, Javed, Ashish alias Somu, and Anshu. Aman and Javed were shot in the leg during the exchange of fire and were admitted to the district hospital, officials said.

Earlier, San...