article_snippet: Events came to a head when Mr Riyaz received a phone call from friends after a vigilante group had persuaded fellow college students to identify Mr Riyaz.
article_snippet: Mr Riyaz said Mr Riyaz went to a friend's house where a gang of men appeared and dragged Mr Riyaz into a car, driving Mr Riyaz to the edge of the city.
article_snippet: Mr Riyaz ordeal lasted several hours, after which Mr Riyaz was abandoned three miles from home and left to find Mr Riyaz way to getting medical help.
article_snippet: According to The News Minute, Mr Riyaz said: 'We were outside near the gate, when a Maruti 800 car came and they asked me something.
article_snippet: Then suddenly, they just hold of Mr Riyaz and dragged me into a Maruti 800 car. '
article_snippet: Officers say Mr Riyaz's friend has gone into hiding rather than seek police protection, afraid that Mr Riyaz's will receive the same treatment from the mob.