Crouched on his knees, hands over his head… his photo became the image of Delhi’s violence. At the centre of the brutal assault, Mohammad Zubair recalls how he didn’t think he’d make it out alive.
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00:00I felt like I was going to die.
00:30EIGHT YEARS LATER
00:42I was killed by about 20-25 people.
00:44Everyone was watching and there were thousands of people backing me.
00:48So, they killed me and I was not able to save myself.
00:54I was in a state of unconsciousness, I wasn't conscious, I was so conscious that all my clothes were soaked in blood.
01:10I felt that these people would not leave me, they would kill me and I wouldn't be able to escape.
01:15Because the way they were chanting religious slogans,
01:18I felt that I wouldn't be able to escape.
01:24And it is the grace and mercy of God that I am still alive.
02:18They look at me as a cap, a beard, a kurta, a shalwar and a Muslim.
02:24And they look at a man who doesn't have anything for his family.
02:28They are killing me for their religion, when I haven't done anything wrong to them.