Ram Gopal Mishra's mother confirmed that her son's toe nails were ripped out when she saw his body, confirming torture inflicted on him, presumably by Islamists who killed him.
In visuals that have surfaced on social media, it could be seen that the idol of Goddess Durga was broken. Several shops and establishments were set on fire.
Some people feared that Abdul Hamid, at whose residence Ram Gopal Mishra was murdered, and his family already crossed over to Nepal following the murder in Bahraich.
"My father could not have committed suicide. He had been murdered and hung from the tree. No one can die if their feet is touching the ground while hanging from a rope," Jhantu Das told Prothom Alo
A Muthyalamma temple idol in Kurmaguda near a passport office in Hyderabad was allegedly vandalised and locals caught one individual and handed them over to police under Market police station limits.
A clash broke out between two communities during immersion of Devi Durga idol in Rehua Mansoor village in the Hardi police station area of Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, after Muslims objected to DJ music
At Madgadi village in Garhwa district of Jharkhand, violence erupted after the Hindus refused to change the route of idol immersion that goes through a Myslim area.
BJP leader Babulal Marandi stated that the idol immersion procession was left stranded for 6-7 hours and that the cops were wasting time instead of taking action against the perpetrators.