A clash between two groups over an illegal iron rod business in Navi Mumbai in neighbouring Thane district resulted in one person being left bleeding profusely along a road divider, police said on Tuesday.

An official said that last week, a businessman identified as Eanul Haq and several of his associates reached the Kalamboli godown of his partner Imtiyaz Khan over some dispute and assaulted the latter's staff there. "Haq and his men then went to Khan's residence in Vashi and threatened the latter's kin. When Khan found out about it, he and his men followed Haq and cornered him en route to Mumbai. They assaulted Haq, left him bleeding profusely along a road divider in Kharghar. Haq was saved as his men managed to get him hospitalised in Mumbai," he said.