Ludhiana, Dec. 10 -- A heated argument over parking of an SUV in Kabir Nagar spiralled into violence late Monday evening when a man allegedly fired a gunshot from his rifle, prompting police action and leaving the neighbourhood shaken.

According to the complaint lodged by Sukhwant Singh, a farmer from Kabir Nagar, the confrontation began when he and his friends Manjeet Singh Mann and Bikkar Singh were returning home in his Mahindra Scorpio from Kohara. As they approached the house of Sukhwinder Singh Numberdar, their vehicle got stuck because the latter had parked his SUV in a way that blocked the narrow street.

Sukhwant alleged that he asked the accused to move his vehicle aside, but instead of cooperating, "Numberdar picked a fight". ...