The incident reportedly unfolded in the Mali Manaiha area in Dumariyaganj, Siddarth Nagar, after which the outraged Hindus staged a protest demanding action against stone pelters and blocked the road.
Speaking to OpIndia, Kishan said Abdul Hamid and other rioters had planned to make Gopal Mishra's body disappear so the case would have been of a missing person and not murder.
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.
A video of the victim, Ram Gopal Mishra, replacing a green flag with a saffron flag is being widely shared by apologists of Islamists to paint him as an aggressor.
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
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.
The Ghaziabad police have intensified their investigation into the protests that emerged against Mahant Narsinghanand Saraswati and have been probing a “conspiracy” angle behind the protest
Protests in Bulandshahr over Narsinghanand's remarks led to violence and stone pelting, injuring a police officer. Eight have been arrested, with police monitoring social media for misinformation.