Haji Vora said that when he learnt of the attack on his brother’s car, he rushed to the incident site, a short distance from his Vora Colony residence, in his car. ‘‘I saw that they had brought him out, and were assaulting him. When I went close they came after me. When I started to move from there, they stoned my car till Danteshwar Society, about one-and-a-half km away. And there were no policemen in sight,’’ said Vora, showing the injury he received in the stone-pelting.

‘‘The people I identified are some locals and some youths who are from elsewhere, but come here frequently,’’ he said. ‘‘So far, the police have made no arrest and we do not see any sign of any. There are some Bajrang Dal people who are responsible for instigating the mob,’’ alleged Haji, in the presence of Delhi-based activist Shabnam Hashmi at his residence.

With the area still sensitive after the murder and arson, two outposts of the CRPF and one each of SRP and the city police have been positioned around Mahavir Colony and Kismat Colony.