Bareilly: A court in Bareilly has rejected the bail applications of Ittehad-e-Millat Council chief and five others arrested for attacking police personnel during the September 26 violence over the “I Love Mohammad” posters controversy.

Additional District Government Counsel (ADGC) Mahesh Pathak told PTI on Saturday that IMC chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza had called on members of the Muslim community to gather at the Islamia Maidan on the day of the violence despite prohibitory orders imposed in the city.

When police intervened, the mob resorted to stone-pelting, he said.

The rioters also stole the rifle of the gunner of the Superintendent of Police (city) and a wireless set from a police jeep, the ADGC added.

Ten FIRs were registered at the Kotwali, Baradari, Premnagar, Cantt, and Qila po

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