Overview
- Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Jishant Kumar, Akash, Dilip Kumar, and Abhishek Saraswat, with a fifth accused named Rahul reported absconding.
- Graffiti reading variants of “I love Mohammad/Muhammad” was found on the walls of four temples on October 25 in Bhagwanpur and Bulakgarhi villages under Lodha police station.
- Police say consistent misspellings in the slogans, CCTV footage, call-detail records, villager interviews, and court case records pointed to a staged provocation tied to land feuds.
- Officers recovered a spray can and booked the accused under BNS sections 192, 197, 229, 61(2) and Section 7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act.
- Authorities said the earlier FIR that named several Muslim men after local pressure will be withdrawn, with heavy deployment maintained to preserve calm as the probe continues.