Hyderabad, Jan. 29 -- A 17-year-old Kashmiri boy was attacked by a shopkeeper in Uttarakhand's Dehradun district, with the teenager suffering serious injuries after being hit on the head with an iron rod.

According to reports, the boy and another friend had gone to purchase chips from a grocery store in Vikas Nagar area. While discussing in their native Kashmiri language what else to buy, a man from the adjacent shop asked if they were Muslims and accused them of using curse words.

When the boys denied that, the man allegedly came out of his shop and hit the Kashmiri boy with the iron rod. The attack was so severe that the profusely bleeding child was rushed to a hospital, where he underwent around 15 stitches on the back of his head. H...