Police on Saturday (September 27, 2025) detained Tauqeer Raza Khan, a local cleric and chief of Ittehad-e-Millat Council, whose call for a protest supporting the 'I love Muhammad' campaign led to a violent clash between demonstrators and police after Friday prayers in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, officials said on Saturday (September 27, 2025).

“Tauqeer Raza has been taken into custody, and further legal proceedings are under way. The situation is peaceful and under control,” Bareilly SSP Anurag Arya told the media.

The detention followed a day of tension in Bareilly where a large crowd carrying ‘I Love Muhammad’ posters clashed with police outside a mosque in the Kotwali area after Friday (September 26) prayers.

The crowd was reportedly angry over the last-minute cancellation of a propo

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