They bought alcohol and cigarettes to lure the vulnerable children. The accused working as taxi drivers or food delivery drivers would target the victims by offering them a lift, buying them fast food, and topping up their mobile phones to eventually make them believe that they were 'lovers'. Studies call this "the boyfriend method" or "the loverboy model", better known as love jihad or grooming jihad in India.
RPF Constable Chetan Singh, opened fire from his official automatic gun inside the moving train after it crossed Palghar Station at around five in the morning
IUML members had raised anti-Hindu slogans such as 'Ambalathil Ketti Thooki' (We will hang you in the temple) and 'Pachakkittu Kathikkum' (We will burn you alive) during the protest march.
The action was taken after an FIR was filed based on a complaint that some people were pressing and offering money to needy people in the Modinagar area to convert them to Christianity.
The victim was watching games at a Muharram procession. Soon after, she was taken to a jute field by accused Ashfaq and Mumtaz where the two gangraped her.