The protection that Gagandeep provided to the boy didn't go down well with the mob. The Lallantop, quoting witnesses, reported that the boy was sitting on the floor after being thrashed by the angry group of men, and the girl was arguing with them.

When the girl asked a man why he had beaten up the boy, the man allegedly responded: “We will chop him to pieces. You are a Hindu and roaming around with a Mulsim man. I will chop you too.”

An officer from Ramnagar police station confirmed to The Quint that the incident had occurred on the said day. "Two boys and a girl were sitting inside the temple. Some of the other attendees and workers at the temple raised an objection. Sub-Inspector Gagandeep Singh happened to be there. He took control of the situation and rescued the boy from the spot," the officer said.

The police also said that they had contacted the families of the boy and the girl. "We called their families and handed them over."

The group had allegedly roughed up the boy and one of his friends by the time police arrived at the scene.

The group also alleged that the couple was "getting intimate," but the police didn't say anything clearly about this allegation.