India, June 9 -- A five-decade-old dispute resurfaced as two elderly men assaulted their school classmate over a dispute which took place when they were in Class 4.

The accused, Malothu Balakrishnan and Mathew Valiyaplackkal, allegedly bludgeoned the victim, VJ Babu (62), with a stone, according to Manorama. The incident took place in Malom town of Kerala's Kasaragod district.

Babu lost two of his teeth in the attack, and was taken to the Government Medical College in Kannur's Pariyaram. Vellrikundu Inspector T K Mukundan said that if the teeth were broken during the incident, the act would become a non-bailable offence, adding that the police would "check with the doctors", as per Manorama.

The accused have been booked under Sections ...