Seven years after Akhlaq’s gruesome murder, his family still waits for justice

Despite the climate of fear, says Akhlaq’s brother Jaan Mohammed, he will continue to pursue the legal battle against the accused — the trial has so far been marred by delays and only recently picked up pace – as it’s a ‘matter of justice for my late brother’. Meanwhile, there is a ‘total breakdown’ of relations between Muslims and Hindus in the village where Akhlaq once lived