India, May 19 -- Three persons died on Sunday evening in a fight between the families of two neighbours in Borivali West over an old feud. The police are trying to find the cause of enmity between the families.

The two families reside in adjacent rooms in the Ganpat Patil Nagar slum in Borivali West. The neighbours, Ram Naval Gupta and Hamid Nasiruddin Shaikh, filed cross complaints against each other over a petty issue in 2022, said Anand Bhoite, deputy commissioner of police (zone 11). After that, the families often engaged in fights over petty issues.

At 4.30pm on Sunday, when Shaikh went to the coconut water stall owned by Gupta, the two began abusing each other. The fight escalated after Gupta called his sons Amar, Arvind, and Amit...