Hyderabad, April 7 -- A muezzin in Hyderabad has alleged he was assaulted by the Railway Protection Force at the Kacheguda Railway Station on April 5 while trying to get a ticket cancelled.

Mohammed Afzal Hussaini from West Bengal has been living in Hyderabad for the past 10 years. For last five years, he has worked as a muezzin at the Masjid-e-Ek Khana Noor-ul-Islam Yakutpura.

Speaking to Siasat.com, Hussaini said, "I was supposed to travel with my family to West Bengal for Eid. However, we decided to cancel the ticket and book a new one."

On April 5, when he went to the Yakutpura Railway Station, he was directed to the Dabeerpura Railway Station. While leaving, two people dressed up in plain clothes asked him to accompany them to the...