The Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday arrested eight persons, including local Muslim cleric and Ittehad-e-Millat Council chief Tauqeer Raza Khan, in connection with a violent clash that broke out after Friday prayers in Bareilly linked to the “I love Muhammad” row, PTI reported.

The Ittehad-e-Millat Council is a regional party in Uttar Pradesh.

A local court sent Raza and seven others, identified as Sarfaraz, Manifuddin, Azeem Ahmed, Mohammed Sharif, Mohammed Aamir, Rehan, and Mohammad Sarfaraz, to 14-day judicial custody.

Authorities have also detained 36 persons for questioning after identifying them from video footage of the incident, PTI reported.

District Magistrate Avinash Singh and Senior Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya, speaking at a press conference on Saturday, claime

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