Police have registered a case after some persons in Maharashtra's Thane district allegedly forced a 75-year-old Thane man to dance on burning coal as a punishment over suspicion that he practised black magic, an official said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI.

The Thane man suffered burn injuries in the incident which took place in Kervele village in Murbad taluka on March 4, he said, adding that a probe was on into the case, reported PTI.