Overview
- Police say 39 people have been arrested, including cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan, who along with seven others was sent to 14 days’ judicial custody and shifted to Fatehgarh Central Jail.
- Authorities registered 10 cases naming 180 people and listing about 2,500 unidentified suspects across multiple police stations using video evidence to identify alleged rioters.
- Internet services were suspended for 48 hours as roughly 7,000 police and paramilitary personnel conducted flag marches and patrols, with the city tense but calm on Sunday.
- Officials reported stone-pelting, vandalism and gunfire sounds in videos, with at least 10 police personnel injured as forces used lathi charge and tear gas to disperse crowds.
- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath vowed tough action against those accused of instigating unrest, while a civil society group urged restraint over what it called punitive responses to religious expression.