Tension prevailed in Singhavali Ahir village in Baghpat district after a 50-year-old Muslim man, who was allegedly attacked by a group of five men from another community, succumbed to injuries in a hospital in Meerut Friday morning.
The victim, Bindu, had sustained head injuries and was referred to Meerut hospital on Thursday night.
The members of his community gathered on road and started staging protests soon after Bindu’s body was brought to the village.