Gujarat: Two cops who skipped duty to offer group namaz in madarsa suspended and arrested
4 years, 9 months ago

Gujarat: Two cops who skipped duty to offer group namaz in madarsa suspended and arrested

Op India  

On Saturday, the Gujarat Police suspended and arrested two cops for skipping duty and offering prayers at a mosque in Dang district of the state amidst lockdown due to coronavirus spread in the country, reports Desh Gujarat. According to the reports, Circle Inspector of Ahwa IB Ajmeri and Police Sub Inspector SS Daraiya have been suspended after they skipped the duty and went to a local mosque near Ahwa to offer Namaz along with few other Muslim clerics. The two cops and three others including the Maulana have been arrested by the Gujarat police. “A Police Inspector and a Police Sub-Inspector have been suspended for offering prayers at a mosque in Dang district amid coronavirus lockdown,” Superintendent of Police Shweta Shrimal confirmed.

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2 arrested for attack on foreign students over namaz in Gujarat University
9 months, 3 weeks ago

2 arrested for attack on foreign students over namaz in Gujarat University

Hindustan Times  

The Ahmedabad Police's Crime Branch on Sunday arrested two persons accused of thrashing and attacking several foreign students at Gujarat University hostel while offering the nighttime namaz. Read here: MEA in touch with Gujarat govt after foreign students attacked over namaz While sharing the details on X, the metropolitan police said the crime branch detained two persons who were accused …

Delhi Police suspend official caught on camera kicking Muslim men offering prayers
10 months ago

Delhi Police suspend official caught on camera kicking Muslim men offering prayers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Delhi Police have suspended …

Delhi cop kicks people during Friday namaz on road; suspended
10 months ago

Delhi cop kicks people during Friday namaz on road; suspended

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi Police sub-inspector allegedly kicked and manhandled worshippers outside a mosque to clear the road while they were offering namaz in north Delhi’s Inderlok locality on Friday afternoon. Read here: Delhi cop suspended after video of kicking Muslims offering Namaz goes viral The mosque, commonly known as “Bade Masjid”, is located close to the Inderlok Metro station. Deputy commissioner …

Maharashtra: Police arrest 56 in Jalgaon clash incident
1 year, 9 months ago

Maharashtra: Police arrest 56 in Jalgaon clash incident

The Hindu  

At least 56 people have been arrested in connection to a clash which broke out between two groups in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district over music being played outside a Mosque while Namaz was going on, the police said on Friday, March 31. On March 28, a clash broke out between two groups over playing music outside a Mosque while Namaz was …

Six Islamists arrested in Prayagraj for hurting Hindu sentiments
2 years, 2 months ago

Six Islamists arrested in Prayagraj for hurting Hindu sentiments

Op India  

On Thursday, six people were arrested by Sarai Mamrez Police, the trans-Ganga region in Prayagraj for hurting religious feelings while protesting against the installation of a saffron flag at a Ramleela venue. The accused were arrested for allegedly hurling abuses at Hindu deities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and tearing a saffron flag. The …

Haridwar: 8 Arrested for Offering 'Namaz' in Weekly Public Market; Court Grants Bail
2 years, 5 months ago

Haridwar: 8 Arrested for Offering 'Namaz' in Weekly Public Market; Court Grants Bail

News 18  

Eight people were arrested for offering ‘namaz’ at a weekly market in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar, police said on Friday. The accused were later granted bail by the sub-divisional magistrate’s court, the police added. Following a tip-off, Nizam, Nasim, Sajjad Ahmad, Mursalin, Ashraf, Asgar, Mustafa and Ikram were arrested in Shivalik Nagar colony late on Thursday evening for offering ‘namaz’ at a …

Haridwar: Mohammad Nizam, Naseem, Ashraf and 5 others arrested for offering Namaz in a public place without permission
2 years, 5 months ago

Haridwar: Mohammad Nizam, Naseem, Ashraf and 5 others arrested for offering Namaz in a public place without permission

Op India  

On Friday, the Haridwar Police arrested 8 Islamists for offering Namaz in a public place without permission. The Police also stated that the accused while offering the Namaz in the main market area had blocked the roads for the public, disrupting the peace in the Shivalik Nagar area. Inspector Ranipur Amar Chand Sharma while elaborating on the case said that …

4 arrested for offering Namaz at Taj Mahal mosque on a non-Friday
2 years, 8 months ago

4 arrested for offering Namaz at Taj Mahal mosque on a non-Friday

Op India  

On Thursday, the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested four men for offering Namaz at the mosque in the premises of the Taj Mahal on Wednesday. According to The Archeological Survey of India, offering Namaz inside the premises of the UNESCO-protected world heritage site is prohibited on all days except Friday, as per a Supreme Court order. Uttar Pradesh | Four people …

7 Detained Over Bid to Disrupt Friday 'Namaz' in Gurugram
3 years, 1 month ago

7 Detained Over Bid to Disrupt Friday 'Namaz' in Gurugram

News 18  

Seven people were detained by police here over an alleged attempt to disrupt the Friday "namaz" by raising slogans. Several members of some Hindu outfits gathered at the site and raised "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" and "Jai Shri Ram" slogans as members of the Muslim community were arriving at the open site to offer Friday prayers. A month ago, BJP …

Several Detained in Gurgram Over Protests Against Friday Namaz
3 years, 2 months ago

Several Detained in Gurgram Over Protests Against Friday Namaz

The Quint  

"The right wing groups have been making false allegations that Muslims offering namaz are outsiders. For several weeks through September and October, locals and right wing groups staged protests in Sector 47 against namaz being offered at a designated site in the locality over safety concerns. While the protests in Sector 47 were suspended for two weeks after 15 October …

After Mathura Namaz Row, 4 Held for Chanting Hanuman Chalisa in Idgah
4 years, 2 months ago

After Mathura Namaz Row, 4 Held for Chanting Hanuman Chalisa in Idgah

News 18  

Police arrested four men Tuesday after they chanted Hanuman Chalisa' at an Idgah, a day after namaz offered on the premises of a temple here triggered a row. Meanwhile, another court remanded Faisal Khan, arrested Monday after he offered namaz at a Mathura temple, to 14 days in judicial custody. Saurabh Nambardar, arrested after the Idgah incident, described himself on …

UP: Police books over two dozen people for gathering in large groups to offer Eid namaz in a Muzaffarnagar Mosque
4 years, 7 months ago

UP: Police books over two dozen people for gathering in large groups to offer Eid namaz in a Muzaffarnagar Mosque

Op India  

More than two dozen people were booked in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar for blatantly violating lockdown restrictions and the social distancing norms by offering mass prayers in a mosque on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. The local police have filed a case against those who defied lockdown restrictions that proscribed offering mass prayers at religious places and gathered at a mosque on …

Aligarh: Three arrested, including a Maulvi, for stone pelting, attacking police when asked to disperse from Mosque amidst Coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

Aligarh: Three arrested, including a Maulvi, for stone pelting, attacking police when asked to disperse from Mosque amidst Coronavirus lockdown

Op India  

Three persons including a Muslim cleric of a Mosque have been arrested in connection with attack on police personnel in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh on Thursday which included stone pelting by the mob. On Thursday, a Muslim mob had surrounded the police and indulged stone pelting at them in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh after the police asked them not to offer group …

Karnataka: Police attacked for stopping mass namaz during lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka: Police attacked for stopping mass namaz during lockdown

Op India  

A large gathering of Muslims in Karnataka’s Hubbali district attacked police officials when they tried to stop them from offering namaaz en masse amidst the nationwide lockdown to blunt the spread of coronavirus. 4 police officials, including one woman constable, were injured by Muslim youths as they pelted stones at the police personnel for stopping them from congregating amidst the …

Mob gathered to offer Namaz in UP pelt stones, injure police personnel
4 years, 9 months ago

Mob gathered to offer Namaz in UP pelt stones, injure police personnel

Op India  

In yet another audacious act of mob attacking police personnel, a Muslim mob who gathered to offer mass prayer at Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district Friday, pelted stones at the police personnel who went there to prevent them from doing so amid the Coronavirus lockdown. A similar incident was reported from Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh, where a Muslim mob …

Mobs at mosque attack police for asking them to not offer Namaz together
4 years, 9 months ago

Mobs at mosque attack police for asking them to not offer Namaz together

Op India  

In yet another act of mob attacking police personnel, a Muslim mob on Thursday surrounded the police and hurled stones at them in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh after the police asked them not to offer group namaz in a mosque, reports Times Now. The attack on police personnel, healthcare workers continues unabated in the country at a time when these frontline …

Madhya Pradesh: FIR registered against cleric for inviting Muslims for Namaz at Mosque amidst Coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: FIR registered against cleric for inviting Muslims for Namaz at Mosque amidst Coronavirus lockdown

Op India  

The Madhya Pradesh police Wednesday have registered an FIR against a Muslim cleric for urging people to gather to offer Namaz at a Mosque in Ujjain, amidst Coronavirus lockdown. On getting the information, Mandi police station TI Jitendra Bhaskar along with his team reached the spot and rounded up the cleric- Maulvi Haji Mohammed Yunus Waafati Khan, who was conducting …

Coronavirus | 1 held, dozen booked for group namaz in Noida despite lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | 1 held, dozen booked for group namaz in Noida despite lockdown

The Hindu  

One man was arrested and around a dozen people booked here for allegedly gathering for a group namaz in violation of lockdown restrictions imposed due to coronavirus, the Noida police said on Thursday. An FIR was lodged under provisions including those of the National Disaster Management Act, 2005 and the Uttar Pradesh Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 after a video surfaced …

Uttar Pradesh police arrests cleric for inviting Muslims to attend Namaz at Mosque amidst Coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

Uttar Pradesh police arrests cleric for inviting Muslims to attend Namaz at Mosque amidst Coronavirus lockdown

Op India  

To battle the deadly Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak, the central, as well as the state governments, have time and again reiterated the importance of social distancing and urged people to stay confined to their houses. Uttar Pradesh police have arrested a Muslim cleric in Bhagpat area for urging people to gather to offer Friday Namaz at the mosque amidst Coronavirus lockdown. …

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