The family further added that Priya Singh was intoxicated. She allegedly hit and abused Ashwajit Gaikwad and his friends as he was not "responding to her calls and texts at midnight"
As the situation started getting worse, she headed to retrieve her bag and phone from the SUV, but the perpetrators allegedly attempted to cause her serious harm by first driving the SUV into her back.
Accused Esan Mirdaha alias Badal lured a tribal girl into his love trap and raped her. Subsequently, he murdered the girl and cut her body into three pieces.
A World Bank blog published in 2021 said dowry is not just a social evil endemic to the Hindu society but also afflicts the Muslim society significantly.