Dehradun, June 17 -- Communal tension persists in Uttarakhand's capital following the murder of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary, Vinod Kumar, on Saturday, June 13, with reports of riots, large-scale violence, arson, and stone-pelting.

The arrest of Imtiaz, 58, on Monday, June 15, took the total number of arrests to five, while a first information report (FIR) was registered against 100 to 150 unidentified rioters, PTI reported.

A mob in the Bairagiwala village allegedly killed Vinod following an altercation with over 40 people, armed with lathis, wooden planks, hammers, and shovels, who stormed his house and assaulted his family. Vinod died on the spot after being struck on the head with a hammer, police said.

The altercatio...