Police have registered an FIR, naming 50 people and mentioning 500 others, a day after they blocked the Delhi-Meerut highway, protesting over an alleged murder.
They had placed the body of meat seller Asif on the highway during their protest Friday.
Asif had gone with his four friends--Chand, Nanha, Afzal and Javed to the Ganga canal for swimming on Wednesday after the Eid celebration but did not return home.
He was found dead in a forest area of Dhoulana town in Hapur district Thursday.
The autopsy report is awaited.
Tempers had run high when Asif's body was brought to his residence in Murad Nagar.
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SP Neeraj Kumar Jadaun said the protesters pelted vehicles with stones.
Alleging that Asif was killed by his friends, they demanded the registration of a case against them.
The SP said Chand, Nanha and Afzal had been arrested while Javed is absconding.
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