Four men have been booked and one has been arrested by the Kurar police for allegedly assaulting a 34-year-old Dalit man after he refused to say "Jai Shree Ram" on Tuesday night.

According to the Kurar police, the victim, identified as Siddharth Angure (34), is employed at Mahindra Company in Kandivali East and resides in Kurar with his family. In his complaint to the police, Angure explained that the incident occurred at 11:30 pm on Tuesday when he was returning home from work. He said that he was speaking with his younger brother over the phone and while walking towards Kurar four men intercepted him near Gokul Nagar, Kandivali East.