Overview

• Police said crowds leaving Friday prayers clashed with officers near Islamia Ground, with stone-pelting, vandalism and a lathi charge and tear gas used to disperse them.
• Cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan and seven others were arrested and sent to 14-day judicial custody, with officials counting 39 arrests by Saturday and moving Raza to Fatehgarh Central Jail.
• Authorities suspended internet services in Bareilly for 48 hours and filed 10 cases naming 180 people and listing about 2,500 unidentified, with house-to-house raids continuing.
• Officials characterized the unrest as a pre-planned effort to disturb law and order and damage the state’s investment climate, and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath vowed strict action.
• A video from the scene captured sounds resembling gunfire, police reported at least 10 injured personnel, and Raza released a message disputing the police version as civil-society voices warned against overreach.