Overview

• CCTV footage from August 3 shows Aadil Saifi molesting a burqa-clad woman in Moradabad’s Gol Kothi Wali Gali area during broad daylight
• Nagphani police launched a manhunt and on August 5 confronted Saifi on the city’s outskirts, where he opened fire before being overpowered and arrested
• Officers seized an unregistered motorcycle, a homemade pistol and live cartridges from the suspect at the scene
• Superintendent Ranvijay Singh confirmed that both the victim and Saifi are Muslim and that there was no communal motive behind the incident
• Police have formally charged Saifi and are investigating his past offences as calls intensify for stronger measures to protect women in Uttar Pradesh