India, April 19 -- A 40-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly attacking a 35-year-old man with a sword and cutting off part of his ear outside a housing society in Vijay Nagar, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place late Thursday evening when the victim was passing by the society on a bike. The suspect, a resident of the same society, arrived with a sword and attacked him, said police.

"The victim suffered serious injuries and a part of his ear was cut off. He later filed a complaint and an FIR was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Section 118(1) for voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous means or weapons at Vijay Nagar police station on April 17. The suspect was traced with the help of CCTV fo...