New Delhi: A man in Gujarat has died after he and a friend were allegedly abused with caste slurs and assaulted by six men in Surat’s Dindoli area on November 11. All accused were arrested shortly after the incident.The victim, identified as Anil Rathod, and his friend had been cutting grass in the Saniya Kanade village when the six accused, who suspected them of entering the premises to commit theft, starting abusing the two with casteist slurs.They then forced Rathod and his into a vehicle and abducted them to another location in the nearby Karadva village, reported The New Indian Express. The accused tied them to a pillar and reportedly assaulted them with wooden sticks and electric wires, leading to serious injuries. Rathod later succumbed to his injuries.The Dindoli police have registered a murder case against the six men, along with provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Per the report, the accused have been identified as Vijay alias Sonu Maurya, Rahul Maurya, Abhishek alias Abhi Maurya, Sumit Singh, Sujit Yadav and Mahendra Maurya.Assistant commissioner of police Sunil Tarde confirmed to The New Indian Express that the two victims had gone to the party plot to cut grass when the accused labelled them as thieves and assaulted them.“The accused allegedly formed an unlawful assembly, abducted the victims and took them to another party plot, where they tied them up and brutally assaulted them with electric wires and wooden sticks. The assault proved fatal for Anil,” he said.Tarde said the Dindoli police surveillance team was able to capture all accused within hours of the incident and that circumstances leading to the assault were being investigated further.“Preliminary investigations have not revealed any previous criminal record against the accused. However, their individual roles, the circumstances leading to the assault and other aspects of the crime are being examined through further interrogation,” he said.