India, June 7 -- A 53-year-old airport employee and senior trade union leader was allegedly attacked by a group of eight to ten unidentified men armed with iron rods on the Western Express Highway (WEH) in Vile Parle East on Thursday evening. Police are investigating whether the attack was linked to rivalry between airport employees' unions.

The Vile Parle police have registered an FIR based on a complaint filed by Mohammad Sarwar Mohammed Shamim, 53, a resident of Andheri East, who works with the Adani Group at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA).

Shamim is the Executive Chairman of the All India Airport Aviation Union and the General Secretary of the Airport Aviation Employees' Union. The union's office is locate...