The FIR states Dubey was lured inside the church, renamed during the ritual and nearly taken away for conversion. He fled and alerted police,.Intelligence inputs warned of large scale religious conversions planned ahead of Christmas.
Eyewitness testimony, forensic evidence, and recovery of the licensed gun established close-range firing and extreme cruelty. The judgment ruled that alleged provocation offered no defence, underscoring that law provides remedies, not licence for violent retaliation.
“If there were no Yogi government, this punishment would not have been possible. If it were an SP government, we Hindus would have been the ones sent to jail,” Harimilan Mishra told us.
According to Superintendent of police (Rural) Suresh Chandra Rawat, the police action came as they were receiving frequent complaints of cyber fraud involving phone calls originating from the four villages in the Goverdhan area.
The murder case of Ram Gopal Mishra stems from Islamist mob violence in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh on 13th October 2024, during a Maa Durga idol immersion (visarjan) procession in the Maharajganj market under the Hardi Police Station precinct.
According to Additional Superintendent of Police Nitesh Singh, the cause of Abdul alias Saif’s death is yet to be ascertained, adding that the police is investigating the matter.