UP: One killed in communal clash during Durga idol immersion procession in Bahraich
The 22-year-old died of a gunshot fired by miscreants after an altercation about music being played in the procession.
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One person was killed and at least four others were injured on Sunday in a communal clash during a Durga idol immersion procession in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, The Hindu reported.
The incident in the Mahsi tehsil under the Hardi police station limits took place after miscreants threw stones and fired gunshots at the procession, the newspaper reported. The microphone used in the procession was also disconnected.
A 22-year-old man named Ram Gopal Mishra died of a gunshot wound, The Indian Express reported.
The altercation was reportedly triggered after some Muslims objected to music being played in the procession, the newspaper quoted unidentified police officials as saying. A video widely shared on social media purportedly showed Mishra removing a green flag from a building and replacing it with a saffron flag during the procession.
In UP's Bahraich, a purported video of a man identified as Gopal Mishra has surfaced. He is seen uprooting a green flag and waves a saffron flag on the building amid cheer & sloganeering from the crowd on road. Mishra was later shot to death in the violence that took place… pic.twitter.com/Tfzd0uUh3r— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) October 14, 2024
Station House Officer Suresh Kumar Verma said that the police were yet to confirm the sequence of events that led to the death of Mishra.
After Mishra was killed, a...
