The girls said that teacher Ishtiaq Ahmed physically abused them and touched them with wrong intentions. The girls also said that the teacher frequently talked to them about their undergarments. The incident is said to have happened in Kala Zanda primary school, Thakpurdwar, Muradabad.
Siddique Kappan, associated with PFI, was arrested by the UP Police on October 5, 2020, while he was proceeding to cover the Hathras case where a 19-year-old Dalit woman had died after a strangulation attempt.