India, Dec. 25 -- A 44-year-old man narrowly escaped injury after his neighbour allegedly opened fire with multiple rounds at him while he was returning home in his car in Manesar on Tuesday night following a dispute over drainage water, police said on Wednesday, adding the accused has been arrested.

The incident took place between 10pm and 10.10pm when Jaibir Rathi was about to enter his residence in Bar Gujjar village. Investigators said Rathi was driving alone in his Brezza car when the neighbour, who was travelling in a Thar, fired at him and fled the spot immediately after the shooting.

The accused neighbour Dinesh alias Dhanni , 25, was arrested by a crime branch team from Bar Gujjar on Wednesday night, police said. The weapons us...