Hyderabad, June 3 -- A man was struck by a Mahindra Thar SUV and thrown into a roadside drain in Noida's Sector-53 over a social media dispute registered at the Noida Sector-24 police station. A video of the incident has gone viral.

According to police officials, the victim and the assailant were acquainted with each other and were having an argument on Instagram.

"There was a dispute between the two parties under the police station Sector-24 area regarding comments on the social media platform. Both sides are familiar with each other," said the additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP), Noida, Sumit Kumar Shukla.

The conflict began online and resulted in a heated physical exchange in Sector 53 before turning extremely violent. ...