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Tension roseate successful Bareilly metropolis of Uttar Pradesh connected Friday (September 26, 2025) aft the followers of an Islamic cleric carrying “I Love Muhammed” banners clashed with the constabulary resulting successful lathi-charge.
A immense assemblage gathered adjacent the Islamia Ground aft the Friday prayers successful effect to a telephone by Ittehad-e-Millat Council main Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan to protestation against the constabulary enactment against those who carried “I Love Muhammed” posters during an Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi procession successful Kanpur connected September 4. The Kanpur constabulary had filed a archetypal accusation study against 24 radical successful this regard. Right-wing groups had past objected to the usage of specified posters during the procession, citing a “deviation from tradition”.
After the Friday prayers, immoderate protesters allegedly threw stones astatine the constabulary and raised objectionable slogans. The constabulary lathi-charged them to power the situation. The constabulary said they had denied support for the protest. “On September 21, Ittehad-e-Millat Council, gave a telephone to assemble astatine the Islamia Ground connected September 26, aft Friday prayers.
The medication denied support successful written and verbal form. Most radical went location aft Friday prayers, but immoderate individuals violated Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita [that prohibits protests without permission] and attempted to participate the ground. These miscreants misbehaved with the constabulary and threw stones. The constabulary utilized minimum unit to disperse the crowd. We are identifying miscreants based connected video and CCTV footage. We petition everyone to support peace,” said a connection from the Bareilly Police.
Mr. Khan’s protestation was besides against alleged instances of derogatory remarks against the Prophet successful antithetic parts of the country, including Shahjahanpur.
A ample contingent of constabulary and paramilitary unit has been deployed successful the area. Senior territory constabulary officials, including the Senior Superintendent of Police and six Additional Superintendents of Police, are camping there. The District Magistrate has declared Section 163 of the BNSS successful the area.
Mr. Khan, a spiritual person of the Barelvi question of Sunni Muslims, is the great-grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan, who was the laminitis of the Barelvi movement. The question is simply a mean signifier of Sunni Islam with beardown Sufi influence.
