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Bareilly constabulary arrested Maulana Mohsin Raza, son-in-law of Islamic cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza’s elder member Mannani Miya, connected Tuesday (September 30, 2025) and initiated demolition enactment against properties linked to him for convulsive protests connected September 26. District officials targeted amerciable structures linked to Mohsin Raza, including a store built connected encroached onshore supra a drainage system. Officials besides sealed a matrimony tract owned by Haji Sharafat Khan, different adjutant of the Islamic cleric.
“16 rioters who had attacked the constabulary enactment successful Bareilly connected 26.09.2025 with gunfire, bricks, stones, and bottles of acerb were arrested,” according to Anurag Arya, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Bareilly.
Brickbats recovered
The SSP added that a ample fig of stones, breached constabulary barricades, blades, hollow cartridges, and sticks person been recovered from antithetic locations. “We are analysing the CCTV footage and videos,” said the SSP.
Authorities are maintaining a strict vigil to forestall immoderate untoward incident. Security has been tightened crossed the municipality and neighbouring areas arsenic a precautionary measure, with constabulary conducting emblem marches connected Tuesday. In immoderate areas, drones are monitoring the situation. The emblem marches were conducted by unit of section constabulary stations and the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC).
The unit connected September 26 began aft Islamic cleric and Ittehad-e-Millat Council chief, Tauqeer Raza Khan announced protests implicit the alleged usage of derogatory connection against the Prophet successful antithetic parts of the country, including Shahjahanpur, and aft the contention implicit “I Love Muhammad” posters during a Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi procession successful Kanpur. The poster resulted successful Kanpur constabulary registering cases against 24 people, amid objections from right-wing Hindu groups implicit a “deviation from tradition.”
