On 28 September 2015 evening, two boys used the local temple's public announcement system to spread an unsubstantiated rumour that the family of Mohammad Akhlaq had killed a cow and consumed its meat on Eid-ul-Adha.
On 28 September 2015 evening, two boys used the local temple's public announcement system to call a meeting that somebody has slaughtered a cow and people need to assembly there. Later the people doubted that the family of Mohammad Akhlaq had killed a cow and consumed its meat on Eid-ul-Adha.