Bengaluru: A landlord and his son have been booked after they allegedly set their pet dog, a pitbull, on two men belonging to the Scheduled Castes during a quarrel outside a bakery in Subramanyapura on Thursday evening, leaving both victims injured.

The accused are Shivarudrappa (52), owner of the property where the bakery functions and his son Adithya (31), who works in a private company.

Police have registered cases under various sections of the BNS, including assault, criminal intimidation and using an animal to cause injury, besides provisions of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Police said the incident occurred at Arehalli at around 7.50 pm, when Lokesh (50), an auto driver, and his acquaintance Manohar, a painter, had stopped to have tea at a bakery adjacent to Shivarudrappa’

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