Overview
- At a Gautam Nagar hotel on Sunday, videos showed a mob dragging 27-year-old Arif Khan from a room, beating him, stripping him partly, and smearing his face with ink and cow dung before parading him.
- Govindpura police registered an FIR on Tuesday under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 299, which covers deliberate acts meant to outrage religious feelings, after multiple complaints from community leaders and others.
- Investigators said no suspects have been identified yet and they are analysing the viral clips to name and locate the assailants, with Additional Commissioner of Police Monika Shukla confirming the video-led approach.
- Hundreds protested outside the Police Commissioner’s office on Tuesday to demand arrests and accountability for any police lapses, and Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said officers at the scene would face departmental action if found negligent.
- The woman told police she had a consensual live-in relationship with Khan for about five years and did not want a case against him, while parties such as AIMIM sought tougher action and noted that the term “love jihad” has no basis in Indian law.