The incident occurred in Chhaigaon Devi village under Chhaigaon Makhan police station limits in the district on Saturday night. The man who died was identified as Sheikh Firoz, a resident of Khanshahwali, Khandwa.
Taking to Twitter, Deputy CM Fadnavis said, "It is painful to report that some devotees were killed when a tree fell on a tin shed when some people had gathered for a religious ceremony at Paras in Akola district. I pay my humble respects to them."
Support service Alarm Phone tweeted its concerns, saying it had received a call from the boat, which departed from Tobruk in Libya. While German NGO Sea-Water International said those on board were in "imminent danger of death" and called on the EU to act.
"In the past 24 hours, a total of 699 cases and 4 deaths have been reported. A total of 467 patients have successfully recovered from COVID-19," the bulletin said.
State BJP Spokesperson Kedar Gupta said, "Bharatiya Janata Party will join the Chhattisgarh bandh called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad over the incident in Bemetara that resulted in the death of a youth and the bandh will be held on Monday."
"I demand that the death penalty be given to those involved in the murder of my son", Ishwar Sahu, 22-year-old's father said. He also alleged that the accused are getting support from the government.
The overall active cases currently stand at 32,814, as of Sunday, with the daily positivity rate at 3.39 per cent, the Health Ministry stated further in its release.
According to the officials, the youth had gone to a nearby village where people caught him and started assaulting him on the basis of some theft suspicion.
Tension gripped Chhattisgarh's Bemetara district on Saturday after a child was thrashed by a few people prompting a clash between two groups reportedly belonging from separate faiths, leading to the death of a person, the police said.
"In the past 24 hours, a total of two deaths have been reported. A total of 258 new cases were also recorded in the past 24 hours with the total number of active cases standing at 1807," the press release said.
The lawyers of the main accused in Bhojpuri actor Akansha Dubey death case on Saturday said that they have full faith in the court and let the court decide what is right or wrong after the actor's mother Madhu Dubey accused Samar of murder.