A 43-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was seriously injured after two couples allegedly assaulted him following a dispute over sharing water from a public source in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Monday, reported news agency PTI.

The incident took place at Alkapuri locality in Nalasopara area on Friday morning.

The local civic body has provided a public water tap opposite the victim's house for the daily needs of residents. Water is supplied there every alternate day between 4 am and 8 am, an official from Achole police station said, reported PTI.