Bareilly, Oct 1 (PTI) The influential Ala Hazrat family on Wednesday alleged police excesses on Muslims in Bareilly following the arrest of Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) national president Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, a member of the clan, in connection with the violence during protests linked to the ‘I love Muhammad’ campaign.

District police and administration officials rejected the allegations, maintaining that strict action will be taken against anyone who tries to disturb peace and “no innocent will be touched”, even as leaders of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress urged authorities to pay heed to the complaints and not target any community.

Ala Hazrat and his descendants are a prominent Islamic scholarly family associated with the Barelvi movement. The family maintained that had

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