Overview

• Ish Mohammad, 60, returned from Bakrid prayers on June 7 in Udhopur village, Deoria district, and was found bleeding in a hut near his home
• A handwritten note left at the scene declared he was offering himself “in the name of Allah and his messenger” and included specific burial instructions
• Additional Superintendent Arvind Kumar Verma said preliminary findings point to self-harm but police continue to investigate all angles
• Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi and other local clerics from the All India Muslim Jamaat denounced the act as forbidden under Islamic teachings
• Family members described Mohammad as deeply religious and said he had just visited the Sufi shrine of Hazrat Syed Makhdoom Ashraf in Ambedkar Nagar; he is survived by his wife and three sons