Reportedly, Mohammad Hasan, a Quarsi resident claimed to have adopted a three-year-old Hindu girl from a brick kiln in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad where he used to work roughly eight years ago.
The traps have also been put up to maintain communal harmony in the region. "Halwaiyan Mosque in Aligarh is covered with tarpaulin ahead of Holi festival. It is happening for the last 4-5 years to ensure that colors don’t splash on the walls of the mosque," said Haji Mohammad Iqbal, caretaker of the mosque.
A 15-year old girl has alleged that five men from her village gang-raped her on March 3. A complaint has been registered and efforts are on to nab the accused.
Aligarh police recovered an unidentified dead body a day before the victim's family lodged complaint. It was later found that the body was of deceased youth Ghalib.