AHMEDABAD: In an usual case, neighbours in

came to fisticuffs over their dogs frolicking together. The police complaint filed over the fracas states that two brothers Akash and

, 20 and 22, assaulted a 19-year-old youth from the neighbourhood,

.

The teenager was beaten up by the accused because they got angry that Khetariya's dog, a

, got attracted to their dog, an indigenous female, and ran towards her.

Inspector K B Sankhala of Isanpur police station said the brothers Parmar lodged a complaint accusing Rohit Khetariya and his minor brother of attacking them with a sword.

"We have arrested Aakash and Anil Parmar and Rohit Khetariya and produced them in court. They are out on bail," said Sankhala. According to the FIR lodged by Khetariya, who is a disc jockey, on Monday, at about 10pm he went out of his house with his German shepherd, while Akash came out with his female dog. "The German shepherd ran towards the female dog and the canines started frolicking together. Akash got angry at this and started abusing and hitting Khetariya. Khetariya's 17-year-old brother and Akash's brother Anil also came running out and the Parmar brothers started hitting Khetariya. The FIR states that Akash threatened him saying that if this happened again he would kill him..

In his cross-complaint, Akash stated that the German shepherd ran towards his female dog and he was afraid it would hurt his dog, so he told Khetariya to keep his dog tied up. After this, Khetariya and his brother beat him up and hit him with a sword on his hand. Police said they registered both complaints under Sections 323, 506(2), 294(6) and 114 of the IPC and arrested the Parmar brothers and Rohit Khetariya.