New Delhi, March 20 -- Two Muslim minors returning home from a Class 12 exam with their friends were allegedly assaulted on March 16 by a group of 25 students who, one of the victims claimed, targeted him for his religious identity in Delhi's northeast district.

Mohammed Faizan, a 17-year-old Class 12 student, lodged a complaint at the Dayal Pur Police Station on March 17. He said the assault took place at around 2 pm in Mustafabad when they left Khajuri School after finishing their Hindi exam.

While passing a grocery shop on Karawal Nagar Road, several unknown boys, some wearing school uniforms, and one in civilian clothes, attacked them, according to the first information report (FIR).

He sustained several injuries, including a punct...