[2] Mushtaq was born in Baihar town of Balaghat district Madhya Pradesh to a Muslim family.

According to his business partner Shivam Yadav, he was misled into a car upon arriving in Delhi and taken to a remote location near Bijnor, where he was tortured for 12 hours.

[4] Initially, he didn’t file any complaint after escaping, but after a similar incident happened with comedian Sunil Pal, Khan registered an FIR in Bijnor, providing evidence including flight tickets, bank transactions, and CCTV footage, following Pal’s wife’s police complaint.

[6] Uttar Pradesh Police identified two main accused named Lavi Pal and Arjun Karnwal behind both of the cases.

[7][8] The Police arrested four accused identified as Sarthak Chaudhary, Sabiuddin, Azim, and Shashank involved in the case.