BHOPAL: Pointing finger at a young man cost dearly to a 45-year-old man in

of

when the youth chewed and 'swallowed' his finger.

The incident was a result of a

in Sheopur, the tribal dominated remote district in the

, at around 11.30pm on September 30.

Shyam Mahor, a daily wage labourer, alleged that Asghar Khan first bit his finger and then swallowed it. "I could have got it fixed with surgery, but he swallowed the severed piece of my finger,” Mahor told police in his complaint.

Police said that the incident happened when Mahor and his son Mahaveer were going on a bike. Their bike hit the scooter of the 24-year-old Asghar Khan, a mechanic by profession. The collision was followed by an altercation between both the parties.

Mahor alleged that Asghar was abusing his son and when he warned him against using such language, Asghar chewed the index finger of his left hand.

Investigating officer Reena Rajawat of Anusuchit Jati Kalyan (AJK) police station said a case was registered against Asghar under sections 323 (causing hurt), 294 (abuse) and 506 (threat to kill) of the IPC. As Mahor belongs to scheduled caste category, Asghar was also booked under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities ) Act.