On Friday, 9 February 2024, Bareilly: An incident of stone pelting was reported after Ittehad-e-Millat Council chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza was detained by police for giving a 'jail bharo' call over the Gyanvapi issue.

Stones were pelted at a shop under the bridge in Shamat Ganj area in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly on Friday. An attempt was made to spoil the same atmosphere. When people protested against sloganeering, the miscreants pelted stones. Four people were injured in this stone pelting. In this case, SSP Bareilly Ghule Sushil Chandbhan says that after this incident, the police has taken the injured to the hospital and action will be taken by registering an FIR. The statement given by Tauqeer Raza will also be investigated.

There was a police alert regarding the arrest of Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza. Maulana had announced the arrest after reaching Islamia Maidan. Islamia Maidan was converted into a cantonment. Heavy police force is present along with the officers. Vigil is being maintained from the city to the Uttarakhand border.

Many shops in Islamia and surrounding markets were closed on Friday afternoon. The market near the Dargah is completely closed. The police are constantly keeping an eye on the people coming and going by putting up barricades. Police security has been increased at mosques around Biharipur police post.

Due to the arrest of Maulana and the fear of crowd gathering at Islamia Maidan, the administration closed all the schools of the city at 12 o'clock. Police also continued patrolling around schools. At many places including Chowpla, Chowki Square, there is strict police vigil on the road leading to Islamia.

Tauqeer Raza had a clash with the police. The police did not arrest him and after a lot of persuasion, Tauqeer Raza went back to his home. After the persuasion of the police, about 3 to 5000 people also started going back home. Similarly in Shamatganj, when people were returning home after Namaz, they started pelting stones.