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A Court successful Bareilly has rejected the bail applications of Ittehad-e-Millat Council main and 5 others arrested for attacking constabulary unit during the September 26 violence implicit the "I Love Mohammad" posters controversy.
Additional District Government Counsel (ADGC) Mahesh Pathak told PTI on Saturday (November 8, 2025) that IMC main Maulana Tauqeer Raza had called connected members of the Muslim assemblage to stitchery astatine the Islamia Maidan connected the time of the unit contempt prohibitory orders imposed successful the city.
When constabulary intervened, the mob resorted to stone-pelting, helium said. The rioters besides stole the firearm of the gunner of the Superintendent of Police (city) and a wireless acceptable from a constabulary jeep, the ADGC added.
Ten FIRs were registered astatine the Kotwali, Baradari, Premnagar, Cantt, and Qila constabulary stations. These cases person much than 125 named and implicit 2,500 unidentified accused.
Currently, Raza is lodged successful the Fatehgarh jail, portion the different accused are successful the Bareilly jail.
The IMC chief's lawyer had filed a bail exertion successful the lawsuit pertaining to the unit that took spot successful Shyamganj nether the Baradari constabulary presumption area.
Mr. Pathak said the exertion was heard successful the Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (Bareilly) Amrita Shukla connected Friday, who rejected the bail applications of Raza, Faizan Sakalani, Takim, and Munir Idrishi (all residents of the Bareilly district) and Harman and Nematullah, residents of the Purnea territory successful Bihar.
Raza has been lodged successful jailhouse since September 27, a time aft convulsive clashes erupted successful Bareilly pursuing the contention implicit "I Love Mohammad" posters.
The unit broke retired soon aft a gathering of Raza's supporters, during which a mob allegedly attacked constabulary personnel.
He was initially named arsenic an accused successful 7 of the 10 FIRs; his sanction was added to the remaining 3 during the investigation.
The IMC main is besides an accused successful older cases related to the 2019 anti-CAA-NRC protests.
