After it was confirmed that 21-year old Akash has been arrested as the accused in the case, Zee News on 6 October was among those which reported this new development, although in the immediate aftermath of the killing, its reportage of the incident was provocative.

While Times Now has not reported the new development, its sister organisation Times of India published an article the same day that a BTech student was held for Garg’s murder. Aaj Tak also subsequently reported that four days after the murder, the arrested accused in the case is the victim’s student.

News18 too reported the latest development and so did Dainik Bhaskar. However, The Print has not reported the subsequent development.

Those media organisations which had initially reported that the murder was the fallout of a relationship between persons belonging to different communities was on the basis of the victim’s sister’s claim. However, the headlines used by these news organisations were misleading.