Mohammad Zubair, who makes a living doing odd jobs, was attacked on his way home from a mosque in northeast New Delhi. Here’s the story behind the dramatic Reuters photograph
Within seconds, he was cowering on the ground surrounded by more than a dozen young men, who began beating him with wooden sticks and metal rods. Blood flowed from his head, spattering his clothes. The blows intensified. He thought he would die.Zubair provided his version of events at a relative's home in another part of the capital, his head wrapped in bandages.
Unrest across India began in December with the passing of a law that makes non-Muslims from some neighbouring nations eligible for fast-tracked citizenship - a move many Muslims say is discriminatory and marks a break from India's secular traditions. Bagga said that the federal government, which controls Delhi police, moved to deploy paramilitary forces in order to bring the situation under control.Delhi police were not immediately available for comment on the attack on Zubair.
He was referring to mob attacks on the Sikh minority after members of the community assassinated then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Thousands of Sikhs were killed in cities including Delhi in what Indian investigators said was organised violence. In November, the Supreme Court handed Hindu groups control of a contested site in the city of Ayodhya that paves the way for a temple to be built on a site where a mosque once stood. That was a central election promise made by the BJP.
Before this week's clashes in New Delhi, 25 people had been killed in running battles between protesters and police across the country.
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