India, June 7 -- A businessman from Mazgaon was attacked by unknown people on Thursday, purportedly because he had given a tip-off about illegal smuggling rackets operating out of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) that resulted in several arrests by the Customs department.

Motorists on the Bhagwan Adinath Road in Mazgaon alerted the Byculla police on Thursday evening of a group attacking a man who laid in his blood. The victim was identified as Mohammed Aslam Patel. When constable Uday Vichare, attached to the Byculla police station, reached the spot, he saw Patel suffering grievous head injuries and bleeding. There was also an iron rod lying next to him, said a police officer.

The police team, with the help of a...