Mohammed Akram suffered severe eye injuries while Chandan Gupta (right) was killed in the clashes

Tension prevailed in the western Uttar Pradesh town of Kasganj even as the administration organised a meeting of the district peace committee yesterday morning in a bid to restore normalcy, officials said. Following the meeting, it was decided that shops and commercial establishments in the area would be opened, they said. At least three shops, two private buses and a car were torched here on Saturday, after a young man was killed in clashes following stone-pelting by a mob on a motorcycle rally taken out to celebrate the Republic Day.