Ghaziabad, Nov 19 (IANS) A sub-divisional magistrate was allegedly beaten up by revellers when he objected to loud music they were playing in a club here, police said Thursday.

Vishal Singh, posted in Gautam Budh Nagar, was beaten up by a group of men who insisted on playing blaring music. The incident took place Wednesday night at Windsor Park in Indirapuram.

Police said they had arrested four of the attackers -- Narendra Chaudhary, Mahesh Verma, Sandep Nagar and Pradeep Singh -- and were hunting for several more people.