India, July 18 -- An army personnel and his family assaulted their neighbour in Faridabad on Monday by dragging him into their house, accusing him of theft, and beating him with rods and sticks, causing more than nine fractures, police said on Thursday. The attack was reportedly an act of revenge over a three-year-old dispute, carried out after the armyman returned home on leave, police added.

Two of the five accused have been arrested, identified asJyoti (single name), 32, and her motherBrahmwati (single name), 55. Monu Gujjar, the army personnel,and two others are on the run, police said. The victim, Akash Kushwaha, 26, has suffered more than nine fractures in his limbs, police said.

"Three years ago during a dispute, the accused thre...