As evident from a WhatsApp group chat shared with BBC, terrified residents of the Kibbutz communicated snippets of information, their fears, and desperate pleas for help.
Amritpal Singh was in constant touch with his colleagues since March and he had been using a Canada-registered number to stay secure from police call-tracing action.
Anil Singh, the father of the deceased, registered a police complaint on Wednesday and stated that his son was being mentally harassed and pressurised to convert to Islam.