Days after communal tensions erupted in Bhagalpur’s Habibpur area over a controversial “I Love Muhammad” poster, police have arrested the prime accused, identified as Mohammad Iftekhal alias Shekhu, son of Mohammad Qasim, a resident of Chamlichak under Habibpur police station.

The arrest was made under Habibpur Police Station Case No. 188/25, registered on October 22, 2025, under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code including 191(2)(3), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 109, 329(4), 324(4)(5), 299, 351(2)(3), and 352.

Earlier, Bhagalpur Police had confirmed the arrest of three individuals in connection with the violence that broke out on October 20–21 when a “special community poster” was forcibly pasted on a shop in the Station Road locality. According to the official police press note dated O

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