Police action in the nick of time prevented a 300-strong mob from fatally hurting a 22-year-old on Friday night On September 7, Salman Hussain Momin, a resident of Kherwadi, went into the lift of his building and found a nine-year-old girl from the society alone.

He allegedly molested her in the lift and threatened to kill her if she spoke about the incident. When the lift reached the ground floor, the girl shouted for help and Momin fled. He wasn’t seen in the society until Friday, when, assuming that things would have cooled down, he decided to go back home.