An IAS officer and his brother was booked by the police for allegedly thrashing two telecom service provider employees in Navi Mumbai at the latter's residence in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai over an Internet router issue, the police said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, four security guards of the residential society also allegedly joined the brother duo in attacking the two men with pipe and wooden sticks on December 30 evening, an official said quoting the FIR.