LUCKNOW, June 3 -- Intoxication claimed the life of one brother and sent another to jail after the duo brawled with each other under the influence of alcohol at their residence in Lucknow's Jankipuram on Monday, police said..

Ravi Mishra, 20, died after he was assaulted by his elder brother Amit, who allegedly strangled the former, police said, adding Ravi had also suffered a head injury that caused bleeding.

"In her complaint to the police, Nirmala Mishra, their mother, stated that a fight broke out between her sons Amit and Ravi Mishra. An argument escalated, and in a fit of rage, Amit allegedly assaulted Ravi, leading to the latter's death," said deputy commissioner of police (DCP)-North Gopal Krishan Choudhary. The DCP added the pol...