Google techie's lynching in Karnataka: How an act of kindness turned deadly

A long drive on his weekly day off along with a relative and friends proved to be deadly for Mohammad Azam, a software engineer, who was beaten to death by a mob in Karnataka's Bidar district on Friday on suspicion of being a child lifter.

A pall of gloom has gripped the house of Azam, 28, in Errakunta in the old city of Hyderabad.

The body of Azam, who was working with Google, was brought to the city late Saturday and was buried at a graveyard near his house. Three friends of Azam, who were injured in the mob attack, were admitted to a private hospital in the city. They include Salham Eid Al Kubasi, a Qatari national and a friend of Azam who was on a vacation to India.

The family of Azam, the father of a two-year-old child, is seeking justice.

His brother Mohammad Akram, also a techie, urged the Telangana government to take up the issue with the Karnataka government for a proper investigation into the incident.