The mob comprised people from villages surrounding Bhiwandi. 40 persons were arrested; none convicted, despite some of them being identified by Ansari, who sat through the trial alone, undeterred by the presence of supporters of the mob in court
“Two accused arrested for snatching the bag of tourist having items and ₹16,000 outside Burnhall school in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sonwar. They are Tuha Naseer Shalla of Khayam Chowk and Owais Wani of Kalipora Khanyar. Both are drug addicts,” Srinagar Police said in a tweet.