Clashes erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district on Sunday. A 22-year-old man was shot dead during a Durga idol immersion procession.

Scores of people, some armed with sticks, walked along the cortege of a youth killed during a Durga procession here amid cries for justice from his family and others on Monday, a day of escalating ten

One person was killed while several others were injured after two communities clashed during the Durga idol immersion procession.

Protests were held at several places even as police forces conducted flag marches in the affected area of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh.

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