Holika Dahan is not about a "cruel society" burning a woman, like the false equivalence of Sati cited by Nirdesh Singh. The ritual is a reminder of how the most powerful persons cause their own downfall when they decide to use their powers for evil acts against innocents.
Videos of the incident have gone viral on social media. The videos showed the miscreants pelting stones and waving batons and swords at Manikaran Sahib Gurudwara
Earlier, another accused, identified as Arbas, was gunned down by the Special Operations Group of UP Police and the district police in an encounter at Nehru Park.