India, Jan. 24 -- Police have arrested five men for allegedly kidnapping and beating their 28-year-old friend to death in Farrukhnagar last week over an argument that broke out over payment for snacks to have a liquor party, police said on Friday.

According to police, the deceased was identified as Vinit Kumar, a resident of Khandewla village in Farrukhnagar where he owned an eatery shop. Kumar was attacked by six of his friends: Sagar alias Cheli (25), Sagar alias Chinu (28) Jogender alias Chiku, 25, all three from Khandewla village, Sangram (25) from Jatoli in Gurugram, and Prince (19) from Luhari in Jhajjar. The sixth suspect, Kapil, is currently on the run.

Police said Prince had fled to Uttarakhand, while the others had run off to ...