Named in FIR, he stays away

JAAN MOHD, 48,

younger to Akhlaq, lives outside Bisara village, in Dadri tehsil. He has not visited Bisara since a mob damaged his vehicle a few days after his brother's murder. Today he faces an FIR registered against him and six others of the family on charges of slaughtering a calf. The Allahabad High Court has stayed the arrests of the other six but not his. “I was not even in Bisara on the dates mentioned. A fair investigation will reveal the truth,” he said.

AFZAL AHMAD, 55,

elder to Akhlaq, was not at Bisara the night his brother was killed. He has stopped visiting Bisara and lives in Dadri tehsil. “Our families have got separated – some live in Delhi, others in different parts of Dadri,” he said.