Overview
- Right-wing activists barged into a Prem Nagar cafe during a nursing student’s birthday gathering, accused two Muslim classmates of ‘love jihad’ and allegedly assaulted a male guest and a girl who intervened.
- Police said they brought the situation under control and issued challans for disturbing the peace to the two Muslim youths, identified as Shan and Waqif, and a staffer, Shailendra Gangwar.
- Officials stated their inquiry found the event was a friends’ birthday party and not an interfaith coercion case, and the student was handed to relatives after questioning.
- The Bareilly police also registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against two named and other unidentified accused for offences including voluntarily causing hurt, house-trespass after preparation for hurt, intimidation and mischief.
- Videos of the confrontation circulated online without independent verification, and the host said most guests were Hindus, as criticism grew over apparent selective policing and the lack of reported action against the activists.