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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Fayaz Bukhari and Subrata Nag Choudhury

Indian officials step up arrests, demolish houses to stop unrest over anti-Islam remarks

A bulldozer demolishes the house of a Muslim man that Uttar Pradesh state authorities accuse of being involved in riots last week, that erupted following comments about the Prophet Mohammed by India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members, in Prayagraj, India, June 12, 2022. Authorities claim the house was illegally built. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla

Authorities in India's Uttar Pradesh state have demolished the homes of several people accused of involvement in riots last week triggered by derogatory remarks made by ruling party figures about Islam's Prophet Mohammad, officials said on Sunday.

In Indian Kashmir, police arrested a youth for posting a video threatening to behead the ruling party's former spokeswoman who had made some of the remarks, officials said. The video, circulated on YouTube, has been withdrawn by authorities.

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