An FIR has been filed against five people, including three former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students for hurting religious sentiments- after their photograph at a restrobar surfaced on Facebook.

A few days ago, five friends dined at Delhi's Khan Market and uploaded a picture of the rendezvous, to their horror, only to be abused and harassed later.

The caption of the photograph that showed some of them drinking alcohol during the holy month of Ramzan was deemed derogatory by some.

This image went unnoticed for days but on the intervening night of June 8-9, a sudden discourse erupted-- accusing all of them to have had hurt religious sentiments and also bringing disrepute to AMU.

What followed was a series of abuse, threats and intimidation. Some posts circulating on the university groups even called for these people to be lynched.

Following a complaint by some ex-AMU student union leaders, an FIR against all five friends has been filed under Section 295A for hurting religious sentiments.

Fearing for their life, the three former AMU students have now gone into hiding.

One of the victims left Aligarh, a day after he received the first threat call.

Meanwhile, AMU authorities have refused to intervene in the matter, saying that it does not directly concern the university.