Pro-Pakistan slogans raised in Bareilly market in U.P., six detained; hunt on for other accused

Six people have been detained in Bareilly after overnight raids for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans in a busy market that prompted shopkeepers to partially down shutters and triggered panic in the area, officials said on Monday (May 4, 2026).

An FIR has been lodged against over four dozen people in connection with the incident that took place on Sunday (May 3) and the main accused is Kashif, son of former corporator Tahseen, who is allegedly associated with Maulana Tauqeer Raza’s Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC).