Arshdeep (13) was fair with flawless skin and when she used to wear pink, she would look all the more beautiful. Like all girls who just enter their teens, Arshdeep too was very fond of dressing and styling her hair. Seema, Arshdeep's first cousin, says, "She loved bright colours with embellishments and hated white."

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But the irony is that Saturday was her fourth day in white. Wrapped in a plain white sheet, Arshdeep's body is lying in a mortuary in Punjab's Moga district. She died on Thursday when she was thrown along with her mother from a moving bus in the district.

Arsh's father Sukhdev Singh was busy struggling between media interviews, local politicians, emotional pain and scores of advisors questioning and suggesting if trading daughter's death with compensation of Rs 20 lakh and a government job as 'sevadar' (peon) is good enough. Sukhdev Singh looked completely lost, sometimes inconsolable and sometimes bold enough to challenge Punjab's first family – Badals.

All through the day, several people affiliated with various political parties such as Congress and AAP, religious organisations and relatives visited the family, pouring in their suggestions. While one of them advised Sukhdev to accept the compensation of Rs 20 lakh, another told him to ask for more money and a better job. AAP and Congress volunteers were busy telling Sukhdev that they are with him so he should not strike a compromise, and instead force the police to file a complaint against Badals. With the hectic political activity under way on Saturday, it seems the family would soon have to give up.

Talking to dna, an AAP volunteer, who refused to be identified, said, "They are very poor people and are going to strike a compromise. It won't continue for long. So it's better if they get something."

He said that if media reports could not shake the government and force Sukhbir Badal to resign, what this poor man will do. "We are behind him, but how long, it's not something that can go on for long."

For now, Sukhdev is firm. "I am not going to cremate my daughter till the owners of Orbit Aviation -- Badals -- are booked."

He alleged that Punjab Police are playing in the hands of the government. "Two of the witnesses were taken for identification to the police and they have told us that those who have been arrested are middle-aged or old, and all of them were wearing pagris."

Shinder Kaur, Arshdeep mother, who was injured in the incident, said, "Even my complaint based on which the FIR has been written, clearly states that the three accused were young and had short hair. But the witnesses who have been asked to identify the culprits say the accused are not there." She added that she is yet to be taken for identification parade.

The secrecy being maintained by the Punjab Police has also come under a scanner as they have refused to reveal the physical identity of the four arrested, describing it as a "crucial matter".

While they have disclosed the names and place of residence of those arrested, neither the media nor the victim's family has been allowed to see their faces yet -- that too after four days.

Daughter of a lower-income family, Arsh as Arshdeep was better known in the family and friend circle, never had big dreams. She loved her looks and wanted to open a beauty parlour in her village Landeke around 10 km from Moga.

Her cousin Seema Kaur, who lives next door, says, "She was introvert but no-nonsense girl. If somebody even passed a comment, she would fight with him. So what happened was intolerable."Meanwhile, on Saturday evening, Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal pulled off road the buses run by his Orbit Aviation stating that the entire staff has to under go an orientation programme. The buses would ply only once the course is completed, he said.