In an opinion piece titled, "Who Owns the Ganga? A River of Many Faiths, Not One", a Delhi-based writer, translator and researcher, Rakhshanda Jalil, offers family memories, Urdu poetry, and a dash of melodrama to establish a narrative that Ganga is a ‘secular’ river not owned only by Hindus.
Since voluntary organ donation is legal, the local police’s one-sided action based on complaints by neighbours involved in a land dispute with Amir and his family is being questioned, with many accusing the local administration of appeasement of Islamists. The Sheikh family's arrest sparked protests, with people demanding their release.