A purported video has surfaced on social media showing the exact moment when Ram Gopal Mishra was shot in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich. In the video, gunshots can be heard ringing as Mishra fell on the spot while trying to hoist a saffron flag on the roof of a house.

Tension escalates in Bahraich after the death of Ram Gopal Mishra during a Durga idol immersion, leading to protests and internet suspension.

Scores of people, some armed with sticks, walked in the funeral cortege of a youth killed during a Durga idol immersion procession here amid cries for justice from the family and others on Monday, as

Violence broke out on Sunday when stones were hurled and shots were fired at the procession in Mahsi, a sub-division of Bahraich district.

Tension escalated in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, today -- a day after communal clashes during Durga idol immersion, in which one person died.