Overview

• After Friday prayers, hundreds marched with “I Love Muhammad” banners in several Bareilly localities, with stone-throwing and vandalism reported.
• Police used baton charges to disperse crowds, shut shops as a precaution, and later staged flag marches, with the district magistrate saying normalcy has returned.
• IG Ajay Kumar Sahni said miscreants tried to disrupt peace during a security march, alleged that some in the crowd opened fire, and reported weapons recovered with arrests under way.
• Authorities restricted IMC chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan to his residence under security, with local reports describing it as house arrest.
• The Bareilly unrest is the latest episode in a multi-city row that started with a Kanpur FIR and has seen incidents in Mau, Baghpat, Gandhinagar, and Davangere, drawing political criticism of police tactics.