India, April 3 -- One man has been arrested for allegedly attacking two people with a machete after they refused to give him fish on credit at a market in Banderdewa along the Arunachal Pradesh-Assam border on Wednesday evening.

According to an FIR filed by the shop owner, the accused, identified as Phassang Niya (56), arrived at a fish shop around 6:30pm and allegedly demanded 3 kg of fish for free.

When the shopkeepers refused, Niya took out a sharp-edged machete and allegedly attacked Arun Hazarika, the worker, and Utpal Das, the complainant and shop owner, leaving Hazarika with grievous injuries on his forehead and Das with wounds on his ribs.

Naharlagun superintendent of police, Mihin Gambo, told HT that Niya was arrested shortly ...