Tensions mounted in the communally sensitive Bareilly city on Friday after followers of an Islamic cleric and Ittehad-e-Millat Council chief Tauqeer Raza Khan took to the streets after he was detained for giving a call for “jail bharo” over the ongoing Gyanvapi dispute. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s statement in Vidhan Sabha allegedly asking Muslims to give up their claim over the Shahi Idgah mosque in Mathura and Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi also added to the rising sentiments.
Minor scuffles and stone pelting incidents were reported in the Shamat Ganj area under Baradari police station limits, where two people were injured.
Mr. Khan, before his detention, had reacted sharply over the Haldwani violence, declaring that the bulldozer action would not be tolerated.
