Despite UP police's clarification that the teenager self-immolated, a coterie of self-proclaimed liberals continued to peddle lies claiming he was set on fire for not chanting "Jai Shri Ram"
The complainant Sheikh Aamer went back on his complaint and admitted that he made up the story of being forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ to seek applause and appreciation from his community members.
Contrary to Imran's claims that the scuffle broke out after the mob forced him to chant 'Jai Shri Ram', the eye-witnesses assert that the fight happened due to personal animosity
UP DGP OP Singh said that incidents that were reported from Aligarh, Unnao and Kanpur had nothing to do with anyone being forced to chant 'Jai Shree Ram'.
OpIndia reached out to SP of Baghpat police station who has asserted that Imam Imlaq-Ur-Rehman was not made to chant Jai Shree Ram, his beard was not pulled and there was no religious undertone to this assault