India, May 25 -- A 55-year-old fruit trader was allegedly stabbed to death following an argument over parking space at Khandsa grain market in Gurugram on Sunday morning, police said.

The deceased, identified as Bharat Bhushan Banecha, was a fruit commission agent who had been operating in the market for several years. Police said another fruit trader, accused in the case, fled after the incident.

According to police, the incident took place around 5.30am in the Khandsa anaj mandi area under Shivaji Nagar police station limits when Banecha was parking a truck loaded with fruits near his shop.

Eyewitnesses told police that Banecha, owner of shop numbers 13 and 14, found boxes from neighbouring shop number 12 improperly placed in the par...