Mohali, March 16 -- On the run since Tuesday after beating to death his 39-year-old neighbour over a parking dispute in Sector 66, the accused has landed in police net.

The accused, Maninder Pal Singh, alias Monty, 35, is an IT engineer, said police.

The victim, Abhishek Swarnkar, a Bengal native, was a national post doctoral fellow at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, and lived in a rented accommodation in Sector 66 with his parents.

The victim's kin claimed that Monty had two cars and he didn't allow Abhishek to park his bike in front of his rented house, leading to a dispute.

Detailing the sequence of events, police said the victim, who had undergone kidney transplant recently and was undergoing di...