Muzaffarnagar: Tension gripped Kazikhera village in Muzaffarnagar after several people, including a religious head, were injured when ten persons allegedly attacked people offering prayers inside a place of worship, police said on Tuesday. The accused entered the place of worship on Monday evening to attack a person who was offering prayers inside, police said.
The person had a confrontation with one of the accused earlier following which the latter gathered supporters and attacked him with sticks, they said. Others who came forward to save him were also attacked, including the head of the place of worship, they said.
A case has been registered against ten persons who are absconding, police said, adding that a search is to nab them is on. Security has been beefed up in the village and reinforcement deployed to ease the tension.
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