A group of unidentified allegedly called a class 12 student “gay” and beat him along with his family members in Delhi’s Shakarpur area. Police have registered a case against the perpetrators.

The teenager was going towards Ganesh Nagar with his father on Sunday, when two men on a two-wheeler called him "gay", told the police.

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When he protested, they started arguing with him. Locals pacified the two parties and the scooter-borne men left, they said. However, they returned with more men and visited the shop of the teenager's father. The teenager, his brother and uncle were present at the shop.

The group attacked them with stones and belts and fled from the spot, the police said. A case has been registered and the police were looking for the accused.