Uttar Pradesh: Imam found dead in Bijnor

Hasan had been conducting prayers at the mosque for the last two years, police said. On hearing about his death, several residents of the village rushed to the spot.

On the basis of a complaint filed by the victim’s elder brother Alamgeer an FIR against unidentified persons on murder charge was registered at Noorpur police station. No one has been arrested so far.

The police suspect personal enmity was the motive. They have collected footage from a CCTV installed near the mosque.

Station House Officer of Noorpur police station Suman Kumar said, “The body had a head injury. The postmortem report stated that the death occurred due to strangulation.”