In UP, Police register FIRs against Muslims for offering Namaz on roads on Eid day
The police have registered five FIRs at different police stations in Kanpur and Aligarh against more than hundreds of unidentified people for offering namaz on the roads on Friday (Alvida Namaz, April 21) and Eid-ul-Fitr (April 22), officials said.
In Kanpur, the police have registered three FIRs against 1,700 people for offering prayers on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on the road at Badi Eidgah, Benajhabar, Jajmau and Babupurwa.
In Benajhabar, an FIR was lodged against 1,500 people. Similarly, FIR was lodged against 200 to 300 in Jajmau and 30 to 40 people in Babupurwa. Members of Eidgah managing committees are among the accused.
Sub-Inspector Brijesh Kumar, who lodged an FIR in Kanpur’s Babupurwa, said it had been decided during a peace committee meeting that prayers would only b...