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Congress MP Imran Masood was prevented by the police from visiting strife-hit Bareilly on October 1, 2025. File. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
The two leaders had been scheduled to journey to town by an early morning practice to satisfy some cops, however had been confined to their residences on Tuesday (September 30) evening.
A police workforce has been standing guard outdoors their houses since then.
Police, although, have made no assertion but explaining the motion.
Addressing reporters at his residence, Mr. Masood mentioned, “We follow the Gandhian ideology. We were to leave at 6.50 am for Bareilly to meet the DIG and ADG and return by 1.30 p.m. But the government is using such tactics to hide its failures.” Asked if their go to may have worsened the state of affairs in Bareilly, Masood replied, “It is the government and the police who have made the situation abnormal. Muslims are being selectively targeted. One set of laws applies to us, another to others.” Violent clashes had been witnessed in Bareilly on September 26, when a crowd of over 2,000 folks gathered outdoors a mosque in Kotwali space after Friday prayers, adopted by stone-pelting.
The unrest was triggered by the cancellation of a proposed protest over the ‘I Love Muhammad’ poster row known as by Khan.
Meanwhile, Mr. Masood additionally referred to incidents in Fatehpur and Muzaffarnagar, alleging that assaults on spiritual websites and lootings had gone unchecked, whereas peaceable protesters had been being handled with a heavy hand.
“If such an atmosphere prevails in the country, then people must remain cautious,” he mentioned.
Published – October 01, 2025 02:38 pm IST
