Kanpur, Oct 26 (PTI) A law student's stomach was split open and two fingers were chopped off after an argument with a medical shop owner turned violent here, police said on Sunday.

Three persons, including the shop owner, have been arrested for the attack that took place in the Rawatpur area around 9 pm on Saturday. A search is underway for a fourth accused, they said.

Abhijeet Singh Chandel (22), a first-year LLB student and a resident of Keshavpuram, went to the pharmacy near his house. He had an argument with the shop owner, Amar Singh Chauhan, over the price of a medicine, according to police.

Chauhan, his brother Vijay Singh and their two aides -- Prince Srivastava and Nikhil Tiwari -- allegedly launched a violent attack on Chandel, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Kalyanpur) Ranj

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