On Saturday he was reportedly arrested by the local clergy and chief of the ITTAD-E-MILLAT Council, Tauqeer Raza Khan. Tauqeer Raza Khan had previously called for a protest on Friday supporting the campaign “I love Mohammad”.
In the early hours of Saturday, a police team led by SP (Traffic) Akmal Khan formally arrested Raza and moved him to a safe place. On Saturday morning it was produced in court under heavy security.
On Saturday, the local court sent a raid and seven “criminal elements” to a 14 -day judgment for allegedly mastering a violent clash, the police said.
“The main conspirator Bareilly riots, Maulan Tauqeer Raza, along with seven mischievous elements, was arrested, made in court and sent to a 14 -day judgment,” DM Singh said.
Seven other accuseds were identified as Sarfaraz, Manifdin, Azeem Ahmed, Mohammed Sharma, Mohammed Aamir, Rehan and Mhammad Sarfaraz, the police said.
What led to the protests “I love Mohammad”?
His arrest came after a violent clash between demonstrators and the police after Friday’s prayers in Bareilla Uttar Pradesh.
“Tauqeer Raza has been taken into custody and further legal management is underway. The situation is peaceful and controlled,” Bareilly SSP Arya told the media.
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The controversy dates back to September 9, when the police in Kanpur filed companies against 24 persons for alleged installation of “I Love Mohammad”, which he wrote on them during the procession of EID-E-Milad-unbi 4 September.
Some Hindu groups protested against it and called it “deviation from tradition” and “intentional provocation”.
“Members of the Muslim community installed these councils last week and built a tent on a public road, near the gate, where the RAM of Navami usually passes,” said the Police Commissioner (West) Dinesh Tripathi.
The controversy soon spread to several districts of Uttar Pradesh and to states like Uttarakhand and Karnataka, evoking protests and police interventions.
The series also attracted the attention of Chief Aimima Assaddin Owaisi, who claimed that “I love Mohammad” was not a crime.
What caused violence in Bareilly?
The announcement, which postponed the proposed demonstration to support the campaign “I love Mohammad” by Cleric Tauqeer Raz Khan, led to a collision between the big crowd and the police outside Ala Hazrat Dargah in Bareilly.
The police said that the large crowd bearing posters “I love Mohammad” gathered before the residence residence and near the mosque, both in the area of Kotwali, and after Friday prayers were a short distance from each other.
The crowd was reportedly angry about the abolition of the proposed demonstration called Raza, which claimed that the authorities had rejected permission.
After the clash, more than two dozen people were detained, recorded by stone care and vandalism.
Raza issued a video statement
Police sources said PTI, Raza issued a video statement on Friday evening, challenged the official narration of clashes, and claimed that he was prevented from solving his followers and arresting for home arrest.
The video showed that Raza congratulated the demonstrators injured on Friday’s clashes. “I praise all the youth who participated in this program. Those who were injured are also good congratulations,” he said.
Raza also expressed regret at his “inability” to submit to the Indian President through the district judge Avinash Singh after Friday’s prayers and described what he called “continuous attacks on Muslims” and sought legal intervention on this matter.
When Raza claimed that his efforts were intentionally thwarted, he said, “I recall everyone to go peacefully to their homes. As it happened every time, I was under the affection.”
He also claimed that false information was disseminated under his name.
“A fake header paper was used by my name and a false statement was published,” he said.
“DM and SSP arrived in their place as he was about to go to Friday’s prayers, called for more power and placed it under home arrest,” Raza said.
Raza Under House Arrest: “No one stays”
Raza also warned that attempts to suppress religious feelings would be reflected.
“The more the police try to suppress this problem, the more they get to the forefront. If they try to stop religious affairs, no one will be silent.”
“If I went to Friday’s prayers, nothing like that would happen. Lathis was intentionally used on Muslims who were coped with false accusations,” he said.
“I am currently in domestic arrest. I would be happy if I was arrested. Like (Gangster), Atiq Ahmad was shot, I was obscured. The government is responsible for 140 people. Crore.
“This time there was no Hindu Muslim conflict; the police committed atrocities against Muslims,” he said.
“Planned plot”
Khan’s story came after DM Singh and Dig Ajay Kumar Sahni said that violence was the result of a planned conspiracy and called it an attempt to disrupt peace despite the storage of section 163 BNSS in the state, forbidding an unauthorized assembly.
“A few days ago, the organization proposed to organize a march on Friday and submit a memorandum to support protest. We informed them that a written permit such as the 163 BNSS section (the power to issue in urgent cases of harassment or detained danger) would be required for any such program,” DM Singh said on Friday on Friday on Friday, ” He said DM Singh on Friday in the district, ”said DM Singh on Friday.
Yet some people got into the streets after Friday’s prayers and tried to disrupt peace, he said.
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