Hyderabad, Sept. 10 -- A young Muslim man in Assam has alleged he faced religious discrimination after applying for a mechanical engineer post via the popular job portal Indeed.

Shamim Barbhuiya had applied for a job post at a unit in Bihara Railway Station Yard in Silchar through Indeed. The job description stated, "Candidate must be Bengali by birth and Indian by birthand should know three major languages."

A railway station yard can involve both government (regular) and outsourced (contractual) employees in India, as Indian Railways (IR) employs its own permanent staff for core functions and outsources non-core or auxiliary works like maintenance and cleaning on a need basis to improve efficiency.

After clearing the recruitment stag...