A 30-year-old man has been booked and arrested for allegedly setting the Mira Road Shanti Park police beat post on fire on May 2.

According to the police sources, the accused was angry with the police action against him. He came to the Shanti Park police post (which comes under the Mira Road police station jurisdiction) in the evening at around 7.42 and took out petrol from the police patrolling bike which was parked in front of the post. He sprinkled the petrol on the door and tried to set it on fire.