Forty-year-old Kafeel, a rickshaw puller from the city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, met a sudden and untimely end. His family, reeling from the shock of his death, has accused the local police of murder.
However, the police has a different story to tell, painting a different picture of Kafeel’s life and the circumstances surrounding his death.
As the two sides present their conflicting versions of events, The Wire tries to uncover what really happened.