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Indian-origin doctor in US seen wielding cane stick during a parking spot fight in viral video

An Indian-origin doctor, Jaipal Sidhu, found himself in a tough spot earlier this month after a video of him brandishing a large cane stick and then apparently slashing the tire of a car at a fight over a parking spot went viral. The incident took place in Fresno, California, and the police said they were investigating the case.

The video was made by one Luan Nguyen, who apparently took Sidhu's spot and parked his Tesla Cybertruck while washing it. Sidhu, in the viral video, was seen in his white coat confronting Nguyen over the spot. Sidhu said he always put his Mercedes G-Wagon. Nguyen recorded the incident but then he claimed that the doctor slashed the tire of the truck he was using to wash his Tesla.

"Did you just flatten my tire? That’s crazy. You went to flatten my tire. Wow," Nguyen shouted. “No, I didn’t do it," Dr Sidhu replied.

Before the confrontation, Dr Sidhu told Nguyen that he should have parked the car in front of the office that it belonged to. Nguyen said he could park his car in any public area. "Then just double park. Let me call the police," Dr Sidhu said and then he was just seen with a large stick.

"You want to hit me," Nguyen asked the doctor. "Yes," Dr Sidhu replied. "You are a doctor. I am going to make so much money by suing you," Nguyen said. "Yes, sue me," Dr Sidhu said.

Nguyen called the police from the spot and then made another video of the doctor agreeing to pay for the tire.

The video went viral, and social media users asked how the doctor had that weird cane stick with him. Several users gave bad reviews to the doctor's clinic and Nguyen made several videos about the doctor, about the cane stick, about visting the same spot. In one of his follow-up videos, he said after watching his videos, many people were giving death threats to the doctor.

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