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'.
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.
Abdul Hameed is named as the main accused in the Bahraich violence. He and his family are accused of shooting and killing Ramgopal Mishra during the violence that broke out during the immersion of Maa Durga idol on October 13.
Authorities have announced that the accused will face charges under the National Security Act (NSA). However, Ram Gopal's family and villagers remain dissatisfied with the police's actions.
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.
On Sunday (October 13, 2024) in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, an Islamist mob attacked the devotees going to immerse the Durga idol. In the attack, Abdul Hamid and other Muslims, killed a youth named Ram Gopal Mishra.
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.