A local cleric and chief of Ittehad-e-Millat Council, Tauqeer Raza Khan, was reportedly detained by police in Saturday. Tauqeer Raza Khan had earlier called for a protest on Friday supporting the 'I love Muhammad' campaign.

His detention came a day after a violent clash erupted between demonstrators and police after Friday prayers in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly.

What led to 'I love Muhammad' protests?

The controversy dates back to September 9, when police in Kanpur filed an FIR against 24 persons for allegedly installing boards with ‘I Love Muhammad’ written on them during an Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi procession on September 4.

Some Hindu groups objected to it, calling it "deviation from tradition" and a "deliberate provocation".

The controversy soon spread to several Uttar Pradesh districts a

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