A petty argument over food between friends turned deadly as one crushed a 32-year-old man under his car on the bank of river in Morbi district on Thursday afternoon.
The incident happened in Maliya Miyana taluka’s Venasar village on Thursday afternoon.
According to the details, all friends were farm labourers. Ranjit, his cousin Ashok, Sunil and Prakash Loladiya had organized a party on the banks of Khoddhroi river. After some time, they went fishing in the river and cooked fish curry and rice.
As they managed to catch a large size fish catch accused Sunil called his brother Sandeep to join the party.
According to the complainant, Ashok Kunvariya, when the party was going on, Sandeep asked for more fish. However, Ranjit refused to serve him more saying that they had done all the hard work of fishing and cooking while he was not there to help.
Sunil got furious over this attitude and accused Ranjit of finding excuses to start a quarrel leading to an argument between them.
Sunil suddenly left from there and sat in his car. Just when everyone thought he was leaving, he ramped the car and crushed Ranjit under its wheels. Ranjit died on the spot while Prakash who was standing beside him also suffered grievous injuries.
Realizing the gravity of the situation, Sunil left the car there and ran away into nearby bushes. Police said Sunil has offences of bootlegging registered against him.