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Violence and arson rocked Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, a day after a 22-year-old man was shot dead and four people injured during Durga Puja idol immersion, amid allegations that the clashes were stoked by inflammatory songs during the procession in Muslim-dominated areas, stone-pelting from the houses in the locality, and a bid to take down a green flag.o)..
Irate mobs torched vehicles and shops, and blocked roads demanding justice for Gopal Mishra, who was killed on Sunday evening when gunshots fired during an idol immersion rally..
The violence also sparked a political row, with the Samajwadi Party (SP) accusing the state government of losing its grip on law and order..
The violence began around 4pm on Sunday, when an idol visarjan procession of a 22-year-old puja reached the Muslim-dominated area of Maharajganj, roughly 130km from Lucknow..
Mohammad Afzal, the husband of Maharajganj village head Afroz (who goes by one name),said that a dispute broke out over loud and communally offensive pop songs being played by the procession triggered a dispute; one person allegedly climbed on to the roof of a building to take down a green flag and hoist a saffron one, he added..
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