The Borivali police arrested two auto-drivers on Wednesday for assaulting their colleague to death with a rod over a petty issue of parking at the auto stand to ply passengers last week. The auto driver, identified as Shafique Khan alias Bablu (30) was grievously injured when he was admitted to the ICU of  Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital in Kandivali on Wednesday but later succumbed to his injuries during the treatment. The accused, identified as Prakash alias Pakya Shinde (30) and Sunil Bhosle (32), who were hiding in Usmanabad after committing the crime was caught by the Borivali police and brought back to the city on Wednesday.

According to the police sources, the incident happened on last Friday evening at an auto stand near Sailee College, where the accused and the deceased ply passengers in share auto-rickshaws from Gorai to Borivli station. On the day of the incident, when Khan was to park first on the stand, Bhosle cut in and parked his auto in front of him. After it escalated to an argument, Shinde intervened and took Khan a few metres away from the stand, putting his hand on his shoulder. Bhosle then came behind and hit Khan’s head with the iron rod. Later, Shinde also joined Bhosle and began assaulting Khan.  When another auto driver, Dayashankar Yadav tried to help Khan, Shinde and Bhosle chased him with the rod and attacked him, but he had escaped from the spot.