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Heightened security, dense constabulary patrolling and emblem marches to reconstruct normalcy — these were scenes from Bareilly connected Sunday (September 28, 2025), a time aft 39 people, including local cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan, were arrested pursuing overnight house-to-house raids successful transportation with the caller unit during a protestation supporting the ‘I emotion Muhammad’ campaign.
The cleric’s arrest connected Saturday (September 27, 2025) prompted administrations successful neighbouring districts to spell connected precocious alert.
Raza’s apprehension followed a time of hostility successful Bareilly, wherever a ample assemblage carrying ‘I Love Muhammad’ posters clashed with constabulary extracurricular a mosque successful the Kotwali country aft Friday prayers. The assemblage was reportedly aggravated implicit the cancellation of a projected objection called by Raza, the laminitis of Ittehad-e-Millat Council, who claimed the authorities denied support for it.
Ten cases person been filed against 180 named and 2,500 unidentified “rioters”, including Raza, nether assorted sections for inciting violence, vandalism, rioting, stone-pelting and hurting spiritual sentiments astatine assorted constabulary stations crossed the city, including Kotwali, Premnagar, Baradari, Cantt, and Quila, officials said.
Overnight house-to-house raids were carried retired to nab the culprits, they said.
The neighbouring districts, including Rampur, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Moradabad, Badaun, Sambhal, Bijnor, Amroha, and Fatehgarh, person been enactment connected precocious alert by their administrations, starting Sunday (September 28, 2025).
These districts reportedly location a ample fig of Raza’s supporters.
Bareilly itself remains an effectual garrison, with net services suspended for 48 hours and the country astir the highly delicate Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat turned into a information fortress.
Senior officials, including ADG Ramit Sharma, Divisional Commissioner Bhupendra S. Chaudhary, DIG Ajay Sahni, DM Avinash Singh, SSP Anurag Arya, SP City Manush Pareek, and SP South Anshika Verma, visited the highly delicate zones connected Sunday (September 28, 2025) to intimately show instrumentality and bid and information arrangements.
Special constabulary teams are moving to apprehension the remaining “rioters” progressive successful the clashes, the officials said.
On Saturday (September 27, 2025) night, SP City Manush Pareek led a targeted thrust to apprehension individuals progressive successful stone-pelting and firing. Strict interrogation of those detained is ongoing, they said.
They said that the constabulary are presently maintaining afloat vigilance connected each imaginable scenarios.
The monolithic crackdown follows Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's beardown informing that those inciting unit successful the sanction of religion volition look terrible consequences.
“The main conspirator of the Bareilly unrest, Maulana Tauqeer Raza, on with 7 others, person been arrested, produced successful court, and sent to a 14-day judicial custody,” District Magistrate Avinash Singh said portion addressing a property league on with Senior Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya connected Saturday (September 27, 2025).
The 7 different accused person been identified arsenic Sarfaraz, Manifuddin, Azeem Ahmed, Mohammed Sharif, Mohammed Aamir, Rehan and Mohammad Sarfaraz, constabulary said.
“The constabulary arrested 39 rioters from Friday nighttime to Saturday,” Arya said.
Raza and the 7 co-accused were produced successful tribunal connected Saturday (September 27, 2025) and sent to 14 days of judicial custody, with Raza aboriginal shifted to Fatehgarh Central Jail.
