A Muslim man was killed in Delhi after he intervened to save his teenage son from being assaulted by a Hindutva group, according to reports. The incident took place in the Nandi Nagri area of the BJP-ruled national capital.

According to Kashmir Media Service, Mohammed Umardeen was shot dead by the attackers while trying to rescue his 15-year-old son, Tehjeem, who had been surrounded by a mob. The father was reportedly targeted for his religious identity.

Umardeen was having tea with his wife, mother, and three daughters when he received a tense phone call from his son, who pleaded for help after being cornered by an angry mob.

Speaking to local media, the boy's mother said her son was singled out because he is Muslim. “They stopped him and said, ‘He is a Muslim, beat him.’ They assaulted my child so brutally that his head was split open,” she said.

She added that Tehjeem, grievously injured, called his father and told him, “Papa, save me. They are beating me badly — Sonu and his brother Sardar.”