Overview

• Police said a crowd of more than 1,000 gathered near Islamia Ground, with stone-pelting reported, a lathi charge and tear gas used, and shots fired in the air by some protesters.
• About 50 people were detained for questioning in Bareilly, including Ittehad-e-Millat Council chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, and police reported at least 10 injured personnel.
• Authorities deployed large contingents of police, PAC and RAF, conducted flag marches, used drones for monitoring, and temporarily shut markets in tense areas.
• Officials said weapons were recovered and described the unrest as possibly pre-planned, with cases being registered based on CCTV, social media footage and call-detail analysis.
• Parallel crackdowns and detentions were reported in Mau, Baghpat and Saharanpur, and related tensions were noted in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar and Karnataka’s Davangere, as political leaders debated the policing and the handling of the slogan.