Vishwa Bhanu agrees that the child in the neighbouring Muslim family likely did get a shock from the wire. What he objects to are some of the alleged statements made after the argument began.

His wife Priyanka claimed that a few of the Muslims who had gathered while the argument was going on, had made comments like, “Why do you have to celebrate Diwali like this? Can’t you celebrate some other way?”

The neighbours denied that such offensive statements were made.