According to reports, the accused Khan is said to be close to Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad and is the party’s Nagar President of the Bhadarsa region
One of the suspects identified as 30-year-old Mirza Sarfaraz, resident of Baland Farvez Colony, has been detained by the police for interrogation. The victim's mother alleged that a group of five to seven men visited her house and abducted the victim several times in the last eight months and raped her.
Organiser journalist Subhi Vishwakarma went to the village where the family of the accused and the victim stayed. She talked exclusively to relatives of accused Imran who tried to blame the victim, calling her 'characterless'.