India, June 19 -- Five men allegedly hit a 33-year-old man on his head with a beer bottle and stabbed his abdomen and back with the broken bottle after he refused to give them "hafta" on Tuesday. Hafta is protection money criminal groups demand from shop owners in exchange for not interfering in their business. The police on Wednesday arrested the five accused.

The accused are identified as Arman Nirja, 25, and Deepak Chandanshive, 26. Jai Kale, Ganesh Kandan and Amol Salve. They resided in the same vicinity as the complainant, Yogesh Rajguru, 29. Rajguru lived with his mother, and two brothers in the Rahul Nagar area in Vashi Naka, Chembur.

According to the police, the five accused were having alcohol outside on Tuesday night. Chandans...