Hyderabad, June 25 -- Two Muslim men, Waseem, 35, and Zameer, were allegedly attacked by a group of 7 to 8 in an open plot near AJBJ Grounds in Bengaluru on Sunday, June 22.

Zameer, a mechanic, stopped his vehicle to relieve himself near the ground between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm, when the assailing group approached him. "They suddenly came up to us and started asking why we were there. Then they began abusing and beating us," Zameer stated in his police complaint, reported TNM.

He added that they were beaten with a stick and forced to chant "Jai Shri Ram."

Luckily, Zameer was able to run away, but his friend Waseem, also a mechanic, was not as fortunate. "They hit him with a stick. When he shouted 'Allah' in pain, they got angry and told ...