LUCKNOW, July 4 -- Police on Saturday arrested the main accused in the murder of a 26-year-old man who was allegedly assaulted by a group in the PGI area and later succumbed to injuries on Friday, officials said.

The accused, identified as Akhilesh Rawat, 38, was arrested after being discharged from the KGMU Trauma Centre, where he was undergoing treatment for injuries allegedly sustained during the same clash, police said. He has been sent to judicial custody.

According to police, the incident occurred on Friday in Sarthuwa village under the PGI police station limits. Abhishek Rawat was allegedly called to the village by Akhilesh and attacked with sharp-edged weapons, sticks and an iron spatula by a group of assailants over an old riva...