India, April 28 -- A petty dispute between two banana leaf vendors turned fatal after one of them, in a fit of rage, stabbed the other with a pair of scissors on Saturday at the Kalyan Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) premises, the police said. When the victim's son and wife tried to intervene, the accused allegedly verbally abused and manhandled them as well, leading to serious injuries.

The Bazarpeth police have registered a case of murder and assault against the accused, Chiraj Rajkumar Soni, 21. The deceased was identified as Chamanlala Nandlal Karla, 55. Karla and Soni sold banana leaves in the flower market section of the Kalyan APMC.

According to the police, Soni and Karla had jointly ordered five banana leaf bundles ...