The Sultanpur violence dates back to October 10, 2022, when the Maa Bhagwati immersion procession began in Para Bazar town and progressed till near the Baba Junglenath Mahadev Temple
The poster announced that the contest is only for women from 'general castes', even the promised 'NRI groom' was mentioned as 'general caste'. The event was scheduled to be held in a hotel on October 23.
The authorities had earlier taken permission from Sriganganagar Court for Rizwan's narco test and performed all the required medical tests on him in the last four days. Ashraf was arrested on July 16 by the BSF from the Hindumalkot border outpost in the Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan and was put in the high-security jail at Ajmer.
A 27-year-old person named Daniel Norwood was arrested near the crime scene and has been charged with attempted murder. A search warrant was issued for a local residence and multiple items have been seized by the police.