According to the police, the father had wrongly accused a Muslim neighbour of the abduction following which the neighbour and his associates attacked and beat the man to death.
Ajaz had suffered 40% burns during the tussle that took place between Pushpakaran and him after he set her ablaze and was admitted to ICU at Alappuzha Medical College.
Agitated villagers had protested when the police officials from Patti station arrived at the crime scene. They were demanding compensation for Prakash's family and immediate arrest of the culprits.
Since AltNews' attempts to whitewash the crimes and downplay the brutality has failed, elements in mainstream media has taken it upon themselves to push the narrative.
A woman who had first discovered the body of the 3-year-old girl who was brutally murdered in Aligarh has said that that the local Muslim community has now started threatening her