Ludhiana, Feb. 25 -- A trivial altercation over parking of a motorcycle snowballed into a violent assault near the Ludhiana railway station in the early hours on Tuesday, when two youths allegedly attacked an electrician and his brother with sticks and the grip of a country-made pistol, leaving them grievously injured.

According to police, the victims, identified as Jatin Sharma and Rahul Sharma, residents of Ishar Nagar, were attacked around 2.30 am in a parking area adjacent to the railway station. The brothers, along with their friend Suraj Kumar, were standing outside an eatery when a heated exchange erupted with two unidentified youths over parking of their motorcycle. What initially began as a verbal confrontation rapidly degenerat...