India, Oct. 15 -- A man in his early 40s narrowly escaped a gun shot after his younger brother allegedly fired at him following an argument over getting medicine from a nearby shop for their elderly mother in Noida's Nithari village on Tuesday afternoon, police said, adding that the bullet hit a nearby wall.

Police said both the brothers are married. The victim, Manoj Sharma, resides with his family on the ground floor and Pradeep, the younger one in his late 30s, on the first floor of their house.

"On Tuesday around 3.30 pm, Manoj asked his younger brother Pradeep to bring medicine for their mother Ramvati. She is suffering from blood pressure (BP) and other illnesses," said a police officer requesting anonymity.

Just as Pradeep refus...