Daijiworld Media Network – Bidar (DC)
Bidar, Jul 16: Mohammed Azam (32), victim of recent WhatsApp-driven rumours of child kidnapping in Bidar that led to mob lynching, had returned to Hyderabad from Qatar six months ago, since he missed his hometown.
Aslam, younger brother of the victim said, "Mohammed Azam, a software engineer, had joined IT major Accenture three months ago and was currently working with Google on a project. Azam had completed his B Tech from Deccan College of Engineering and went for higher studies to UK in 2012. After returning from the UK, he joined Tech Mahindra and later found a job in Qatar," Aslam added that his brother was not happy there because he missed Hyderabad. "He returned and joined Accenture," he added.
Aslam further said, "He had married four years ago and has a two-year-old son. Thursday and Friday were his weekly off days and when our cousins Mohammed Salman and Noor Mohammed asked him to join them on a ride to Bidar, he went along. Police did not inform us about the incident. I returned from work around 2 am and started calling his cell phone. Around 3 am, a policeman answered the phone and said Azam was injured and in hospital."
Azam’s cousin Mohammed Salman (20) said that his brother was recovering. "But he is still in shock. He will be discharged on Monday," he said.
Meanwhile, an official from Yashoda Hospital at Malakpet said that Salham Eidal Kubaisi (38), the Qatar national injured in the mob attack, who is a police inspector in Doha, was feeling fine. "He requested us to discharge him immediately," official said.
Salham’s wife Zaibunissa said that he was traumatised and wanted to return home. "He is flying back to Doha Sunday night," she said.
Noor Mohammed (30), a distant cousin of Azam and Salman, has already been discharged from the hospital.
It may be recalled that on Saturday July 14, Mohammad Azam had gone for a drive with four others. They were stopped by people who saw one of Azam's friend Mohammed Salam distributing chocolates to children.
The residents of the area soon gathered in the area and involved in a verbal spat with men in car. Panicking, the men got into their car and drove away. They were chased by the residents on motorcycles and on the way the speeding car hit one of the motorcycles and fell into a culvert.
The men were dragged out of the car and were brutally beaten up, with none of the onlookers coming to their rescue. Azam died before police reached the spot and the other four cousins and friends of Azam were badly injured.