Reportedly, Asim and Ayesha were in a relationship, however, the two had broken up a month ago. The girl told the accused that she was getting married. Despite the breakup, Asim continued to allegedly harass the girl.
The victim girl came to know about the original identity of the accused from her relatives. She was five months pregnant at that time. On confronting, the accused assaulted the girl and threatened her.
The police have recovered CCTV footage of the incident in which one of the accused can be seen barging into the house while Balli was standing on the porch. He fired a couple of bullets at Balli after which the latter happened to collapse.
Local Hindu organizations in Ambedkar Nagar told OpIndia how cases of 'love jihad' and eve-teasing are still rampant in their village and the adjoining areas