Overview

• Bareilly’s Ittehad-e-Millat Council chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan is in judicial custody after being named Accused No. 1, with an FIR alleging he urged followers to disturb the city even if it meant killing policemen.
• Officials report 10–11 FIRs in Bareilly, at least 39 people identified and 15 sent to jail, with cases naming about 180 accused and more than 2,000 unidentified; in Ghaziabad, a labourer was detained under BNSS Section 151 over posters.
• Police say IMC aides Nadeem and Nafees were picked up, alleging WhatsApp coordination that drew roughly 1,600 people and a forged assurance that misled officers before Friday’s protest.
• In Maharashtra’s Ahilyanagar, a protest over a roadside ‘I Love Muhammad’ rangoli turned violent, prompting a baton-charge, 30 detentions, and one arrest linked to the graffiti as the chief minister said the state would examine a possible conspiracy.
• All India Muslim Jamaat president Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi appealed for calm, saying love for the Prophet should remain private, as authorities tightened security and continued investigations.