Vinod Mishra, an eyewitness to this attack, said that the Muslim mob attacked Hindu devotees after being incited from the mosque. The Bahraich police had termed his claim on social media as 'misleading'.
Bahraich Police dismissed Hindu eyewitness accounts, citing unrest, raising concerns over justice being compromised in favour of maintaining order and silencing key testimony.
BJP Yuva Morcha city president Arpit Srivastava dismissed the case filed against him as fake, stating that he had protested against BJP MLA's son for hurling abuses.
A Hindu man Sudhakar Tiwari was brutally attacked by an Islamist mob during the Durga Visarjan procession in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, highlighting violence against Hindus. He was found unconscious near a mosque.
The official X account of Bahraich Police has been threatening action against media outlets for reporting eyewitness account of Islamist violence that claimed the life of Ram Gopal Mishra.