Lucknow:
In a fit of rage, a man bit nose of a person when he intervened in a quarrel between him and his wife here.
The incident happened in Talkatora police station area of the state capital yesterday, police sources said today.
Sandeep Misra, a contractor in a private telephone company, had an estranged relationship with his wife Renu Misra and both had been living separately since last year.
Renu, who has lodged a case under dowry Act, was living with her 8-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter at Rajajipuram, and as per the agreement, Sandeep was allowed to visit children very Sunday.
But as his children had asked him for certain items and Sandeep revisited the house to give it to them yesterday, he found a SDO of electricity department identified as JPN Singh there and this led to quarrel between him and Renu.
The situation aggravated as the SDO tried to intervene in the matter further infuriating Sandeep who pounced on him and in a fit of rage bit his nose.
Renu lodged a complaint against her husband for biting the nose of the SDO, who she claimed had come to her house for some work.
On the basis of complaint, the man has been arrested, the sources said.