Hyderabad, July 9 -- A 24-year-old man was left with serious head injuries after he was allegedly attacked by a group of men on Jalpally Road, under the Pahadishareef Police Station limits, on Wednesday evening, July 8.

The victim, Mohammed Mahboob, has said he was targeted because he is Muslim. The police have rejected this, saying the incident stemmed from a personal altercation and that Mahboob was intoxicated at the time.

'He called us Turkalu and hit me with his helmet'

According to Mahboob, he and a friend, Mohammed Khalid, were riding home from Jalpally around 4:30 pm when a man he identified as Ajay stopped them.

In a video statement circulating online, Mahboob said Ajay told them not to "shout" while Khalid was on a phone cal...