A man bit off his friend's penis after an argument over an £11 loan turned violent.
Police say the brawl quickly escalated into the appalling mutilation which resulted in the victim, named as Vode Venkateswarlu, being rushed to hospital for treatment.
The argument broke out after the attacker refused to return the loan, police officers say.
The incident occurred in Joladarshi, near Koilkuntla, central India, on Thursday.
Police said told the men, both residents of Joladarasi village, were good friends until the incident took place.
The paper said victim Venkateswarlu had taken a loan from his friend, known as Subbaiah, and despite requests to repay it, had not done so.
After meeting up, Subbaiah again asked for the money to be repaid and when Venkateswarlu did not respond, he became furious and the two began fighting.
Subbaiah, who was in an inebriated state, could not control himself and fell to the ground.
Venkateswarlu then sat on Subbaiah’s chest and began thrashing him on his groin. He then bit off Subbaiah’s penis.
Onlookers rushed Subbaiah to hospital where a doctor said that the patient’s injury was severe.
His injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
There was no word on what happened to the penis after it was bitten off.
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