Samajwadi Party MLA Swami Omvesh has written to District Magistrate seeking permission to shower flower petals from a helicopter on Muslims offering namaz
Initially, the police were unaware that the arrest accused was a male. The police officials had mistaken the accused for a girl after seeing him in a burqa.
Shahzad was waiting for her at Railway Station with an intention to rape. He attacked her but when she screamed and struggled, he strangulated her with her own dupatta and killed her.