Ghaziabad, June 16 -- Days after reports of an elderly Muslim man being assaulted by a group of Hindutva nationalists on his way to the mosque emerged, Ghaziabad police have now denied any communal angle in the case.

On Tuesday, the Ghaziabad police, who have arrested three persons, including a Muslim, said the accused were unhappy about the 'tabeez' (amulet) he had sold to them.

The arrested youth have been identified as Kalloo and Adil. Apart from them, Polly, Arif, Mushahid and Parvesh Gurjar were also involved in the incident, Senior Superintendent of Police Amit Pathak said on Tuesday, The Tribune said in a report.

The elderly man, identified as Abdul Samad Saifi was allegedly abducted from an autorickshaw and was dragged to a hut...