India, Sept. 11 -- Days after a trader was killed in Gonda following a dispute over social media posts, protesters on Friday demanded the death penalty for the accused, demolition of their houses, Rs 5 crore compensation for the victim's family and a government job for one family member.

The family of 45-year-old utensils trader Vinod Kumar Sahani submitted a nine-point memorandum to District Magistrate Priyanka Niranjan, seeking fulfilment of their demands, including a police encounter of the accused and a house under the Chief Minister's housing scheme.

Uttar Pradesh minister and Nishad Party president Sanjay Nishad led a protest at the district headquarters, while Sahani's family and villagers held a separate demonstration in Reksadi...