The Nedumangad police have registered a case against an excise official for allegedly assaulting his neighbor and killing his pet dog a few days back.
Prashant of Kalliod, attached to the Chathannur excise office, has been booked in the matter. He was accused of assaulting his neighbor Adhithya Reshmi and beating her dog to death in her house on April 20.
The complaint alleged that the attack took place about a month after Ms Reshmi’s dog bit Prashant’s wife Rajalakshmi, when the couple had gone to invite her to a function on March 29. Rajalakshmi had sustained injuries on her hand following which Prashant allegedly attacked her. Police told that the accused is absconding.