Additional District Magistrate, Saharanpur, Santosh Bahadur Singh said the earthmover being used to clear the rubble got stuck after hitting a slab. Workers then used a cutter to break the slab, following which the well was found underneath.
Malik objected to this and said that the information provided by the officials should first be verified. This led to a disagreement between the two leaders.
Reports say that Uma was already married and had a child; however, she was staying alone due to a dispute with her husband. She asked Bilal to marry her. However, Bilal’s marriage was fixed somewhere else. Bilal admitted to the police that he feared that Uma would expose his relationship with her in front of Bilal’s family. Due to this, he planned Uma’s murder.
Violence broke out during a Dalit wedding procession in Saharanpur’s Amarpur Garhi village after a group from the Muslim community allegedly attacked baratis for playing DJ music near a mosque. Several were injured, and five accused have been arrested.