Hyderabad, Feb. 19 -- A 35-year-old Muslim man, who tried to save his teenage son from getting beaten up by a group, was allegedly shot dead in Delhi's Nandi Nagri on Tuesday, February 17.

Mohammed Umardeen was relishing a cup of tea with his wife, mother and three daughters, when a call from his 15-year-old son, Tehjeem, changed everything.

Tehjeem, who sounded tense, asked his father to rescue him after he was surrounded by an angry mob. According to his mother, the teenager was targeted for his religious identity. "Unn logon ne usse rokha aur kahan, 'Yeh Musalmaan hai, isse maro.' Mere bacche ko itna maara ki uska sir fhaad diya (They stopped him and said, 'He is a Muslim, beat him.' They assaulted my child so brutally that his head ...