Overview

• Police said Idrees and Iqbal, residents of Shahjahanpur with lengthy criminal records, were shot in the legs and arrested, and a snatched anti-riot gun, country-made pistols, cartridges, a bike and phones were recovered.
• Officials reported 81 people jailed so far across 10 FIRs, with more suspects identified from CCTV and videos, and officers cited unusually uniform Friday prayer timings on September 26 as supporting a conspiracy theory.
• Authorities intensified administrative action by demolishing and sealing properties linked to accused associates, canceling some arms licences, invoking the Goonda Act and externment, and reporting property seizures worth about ₹150 crore.
• IMC chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan remains in judicial custody, and police have also arrested aides including Nadeem Khan, the party’s district president and Dr Nafees Khan, with separate encounter arrests reported this week.
• Congress MP Imran Masood and a Samajwadi Party MLA were restricted from visiting Bareilly, while AIMPLB and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind condemned the crackdown and demanded Tauqeer Raza’s release.