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Three radical were arrested connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) and information has been beefed up successful assorted parts of Madhya Pradesh superior Bhopal a time aft hundreds of members of the Muslim assemblage staged demonstrations protesting the battle connected a antheral by Bajrang Dal activists connected allegations of ‘love jihad’, officers said.
According to police, 3 men person been arrested aft an FIR was filed aft stone-pelting was reported during a protestation successful the aged metropolis country precocious connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026), portion the constabulary are moving to place and detain much radical allegedly involved.
Ayush Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Bhopal portion 1, told The Hindu that searches are being conducted to detain much suspects.
“We are besides analysing video footage to place much people. We are besides holding dialog with the metropolis Qazi and different leaders of the community,” helium said, adding that the concern is presently calm connected the ground.
Mr. Gupta said that capable information arrangements person been made successful the delicate areas to forestall immoderate untoward event.
Places similar Aishbagh, Jahangirabad and areas adjacent Taj-ul-Masajid and Hamidia infirmary person the highest deployment, with Bittu Sharma, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Jahangirabad, saying that the constabulary are maintaining a choky vigil successful the delicate areas.
“We anyhow person unit astatine galore of these locations. Some other deployment has been done to support bid successful the area,” Ms. Sharma said.
A ample fig of Muslim assemblage members, led by metropolis Qazi Sayed Mushtaq Ali Nadwi, gathered adjacent Hamidia infirmary connected Tuesday evening (May 12, 2026) and aboriginal marched to the Police Commissioner’s bureau to demonstrate.
Following sloganeering extracurricular his office, Commissioner Sanjay Kumar met the protestors and assured them of an probe into the case. The Muslim assemblage has besides alleged that the FIR filed successful the battle lawsuit was against unidentified persons and nether lenient provisions contempt respective videos of the battle being available.
The assemblage has besides alleged usage of objectionable presumption successful the videos, which they assertion were insulting to Islam, and demanded that the accused beryllium arrested wrong 24 hours.
On May 10, respective right-wing activists barged into a backstage hotel’s country and caught Arif Khan, 27, with his friend, a pistillate from the Hindu community. The men dragged Mr. Khan retired of the edifice and physically assaulted him, isolated from putting cattle dung connected him. Multiple videos of the incidental went viral connected the internet, with immoderate showing the battle continuing adjacent aft constabulary intervention.
An FIR was lodged astatine Govindpura constabulary presumption connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026) nether BNS Section 299, pursuing a ailment from Mr. Nadwi.
The Hindu has besides learnt that portion the pistillate and Mr. Khan did not lodge immoderate ailment against the accused, the erstwhile told the constabulary that she was successful a consensual narration with him for the past fewer years.
‘Love jihad’ is simply a word coined by the Hindu outfits accusing Muslim men of “luring” Hindu women into relationships with them.
