Farooq reportedly attempted to sexually harass her, going as far as unzipping his pants and exposing himself. Shocked and terrified, the student immediately jumped out of the vehicle and fled.
The Bengaluru Police commented on the issue and confirmed that strict action against the accused will be taken. "Glass shattered, but so are his chances of roaming free—Road rage ends in handcuffs!" Bengaluru Police commented indicating arrest.
On 19th August, propaganda portal The Wire watered down the incident and called the attack on Hindu student merely as an 'injury'. Despite being confirmed by the police later that day that the Hindu student succumbed to injuries, The Wire did not edit the report.
As per reports, the accused had an old enmity with the deceased Hindu youth as Hardoi locals believe that the accused had an Interfaith love affair with a Muslim girl whose family members were against this Interfaith love affair.
SP Rahul Bhati said, "Police teams have been deployed to search for Mohammed Alam. The postmortem of the body is being done. The accused will be caught soon."