A 30-year-old man who went missing during communal clashes in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone city has become the first fatality of violence but his death has raised allegations of cover-up, with the kin of the deceased accusing the police of keeping his death under wraps for eight days. 

The body of Ibresh Khan was kept at a government hospital in Indore for eight days after it was found in Khargone’s Anand Nagar area as the freezer facility was not available in Khargone, the police said on Monday. An officer said Ibresh Khan died due to serious injuries to his head caused by stones.