A manager of a private finance company G. Balamurugan (32) of Kochadai and his colleague T. Rajasekar (30) of Pykara were assaulted by two others after a wordy quarrel at a bar in Palanganatham on Thursday.
The police said that Rajasekar had hosted a party to his boss on the occasion of his birthday. When the duo were in the bar, they had a quarrel with two others, identified as S. Hari of Madakulam and M. Sabarinathan (28) of Salem.
Suddenly, Hari threatened to stab the finance company employees with a beer bottle. However, Hari suffered bleeding injuries, when he tried to break the bottle. Later, the duo assaulted them. Balamurugan and Rajasekar sustained bleeding injuries. On being alerted, the Subramaniyapuram police arrested Sabarinathan.