Overview
- Four local men — Jishant Kumar, Aakash Saraswat, Dilip Kumar and Abhishek Saraswat — were arrested after graffiti reading “I love Muhammad” appeared on four temples on October 25.
- Police said a fifth suspect, Rahul, is absconding and a search is underway.
- Consistent spelling mistakes in the slogans, along with CCTV footage and call detail records, led investigators to the suspects, and the spray can used was recovered.
- An earlier case that named eight Muslim men after the graffiti was found will be withdrawn, authorities said.
- The accused have been booked under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act for offences including provocation, offending at a religious place, false evidence and criminal conspiracy.