India, June 25 -- A 28-year-old autorickshaw driver, Waseem Ahmed, was allegedly attacked by a group of men in Bengaluru's Hegde Nagar on Saturday evening, leaving him with serious injuries, reported The Indian Express. While the victim claims he was assaulted for refusing to chant "Jai Shri Ram", police told the publication that motive behind the attack is still under investigation and not conclusively linked to any religious provocation.

According to the report, the incident occurred around 6:30 PM on June 22, when Ahmed and a friend were standing near a vacant plot in the Sampigehalli area. Ahmed claimed that a group of six to eight men, allegedly intoxicated, confronted them and demanded that he chant a religious slogan. When he refu...