'I Love Muhammad' row: Encounter in Bareilly; 2 men of Tauqeer Raza held

BAREILLY: UP Police person arrested 2 much associates of section Bareilly cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan pursuing an encounter successful Fatehganj Paschimi country connected Wednesday morning.The accused had allegedly snatched a constable’s anti-riot firearm and opened occurrence astatine constabulary during the September 26 Bareilly clash pursuing Friday prayers. "The Special Operations Group (SOG) and CB Ganj constabulary squad cordoned disconnected a canal country erstwhile the accused opened occurrence successful their bid to escape. In retaliatory action, some sustained slug injuries successful their legs earlier being overpowered," constabulary said.The arrested men person been identified arsenic Mohd Idris alias Bora (50) and Iqbal alias Bundan Khan (48), some residents of Shahjahanpur. Police person besides recovered the stolen anti-riot gun, 2 country-made pistols, 3 unrecorded cartridges, 2 spent cartridges, a bike, and mobile phones from them.SSP Anurag Arya said the crackdown connected those who attempted to incite unrest successful the metropolis would continue. “There is nary question of sparing anyone who tried to acceptable Bareilly connected fire,” helium said.Police records uncover that Idris faces implicit 20 cases, portion Iqbal has 17 cases against him, including robbery and arms enactment violations.Bareilly Police connected Tuesday arrested a cardinal suspect, Tazim, aft the "I emotion Muhammad" run snowballed into convulsive clashes successful the district.

According to SP City Manush Pareek, Tazim fired astatine constabulary officers portion they attempted to apprehend him. So far, a full of 72 radical person been arrested successful transportation with the case."A full of 72 radical person been arrested successful this lawsuit till today. We person accusation astir the engagement of 1 Tazim. He is known to beryllium a cattle smuggler and has antecedently been jailed nether the Gangster Act. When the constabulary tried to apprehension him, helium fired astatine them," Pareek said.