India, Feb. 5 -- A 26-year-old transport businessman had to be admitted to the hospital after he was brutally assaulted for allegedly trying to stop a group of men as they were harassing three women in south Delhi's Mehrauli, said police on Wednesday, adding that four people had been arrested in the case.

Police identified the victim as Mukesh Kumar and the suspects as Vishal Rawat (26), Jatin (20), Sonu (25), and Vivek (20), all residents of Sangam Vihar.

The incident took place at around 3 am on Tuesday at a tea stall near Anupam Apartments, Saket, at around 3 am.

A preliminary investigation based on eye witness accounts, information from the family and CCTV footage, Kumar had stopped at the tea stall on IGNOU road as he was returnin...