'We had organised a rally in the Phoolpur area and were heading towards the venue in cars. Those accompanying Yadav, who was in his cavalcade behind us, had a brawl with some of our supporters and members, who were walking down,' convener of the Ulema Council Maulana Amir Rashadi said.

'Yadav's supporters started firing indiscriminately at us, resulting in the death of a 21-year-old Abdul Rehman,' he claimed.

A case under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) was registered against the MP and others in the Phoolpur police station, police said.

Azamgarh is about 300 km from Lucknow.