Bengaluru: A youth was severely injured in a brawl over dog poo in Okalipuram near Srirampura on Monday, December 31.

The injured Srikanth (20), who spotted a dog poo in front of his house confronted his neighbour, its owner. The argument worsened between the youth and the neighbour and the former ended up with 15 stitches to his hand.

According to Srikanth, a post office employee, at around 8 PM on Monday, neighbour Vani’s dog pooped in front of his house. He along with his father Sridhar confronted Vani’s family and asked them to clean up the mess. But Vani and her sister Geetha, abused Srikanth and his father in foul language. Geetha’s son Prabhakar brought out a machete and slit Srikanth’s palm and three fingers. Meanwhile, Ajith, another son of Geetha hurled stones at Srikanth’s legs.

Srikanth was rescued and rushed to the hospital with the help of family members and other neighbours.

He filed a complaint on Wednesday, January 2, at the Srirampura police station seeking action against all four.

Srikanth told Deccan Herald, “None of the four was arrested although it was three days after the incident. I see them pacing in front of the house. They even threatened me for filing a complaint. We have been living in our house for the past 20 years. Now, because of Vani’s family, we are planning to shift from here.”

Srirampura police have issued a notice to the accused asking them to appear before the investigating officers.

All the four accused in the case were booked under IPC sections 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).