New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- In a disturbing incident, a 22-year-old man's stomach was split open and his fingers were chopped off following an argument in Kanpur, reports said on Sunday.

According to reports by NDTV and News18, the youth, a law student, was admitted to a local hospital in a critical condition.

The first-year-law student needed 14 stitches in his head and is battling for his life, NDTV reported quoting police personnel.

The student has been identified as Abhijeet Singh Chandel, a first-year law student from the Kanpur University.

The incident occurred when Chanel got embroiled in a heated argument with a medical shop worker, police said.

According to the reports, the argument started over the pricing of medicines and soon g...