Four people were arrested in Jam Samant village of Baheri, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, January 18, for offering Friday prayers in a makeshift mosque.
The police action was taken after drone footage of the prayers being offered was uploaded by an X user named Himanshu Patel. Patel is the Bareilly district president of the Hindu Jagran Manch’s youth wing.
Police say that upon reaching the concerned place, they found the property which belonged to Qadir Ahmed was being used as a makeshift mosque with four walls and a tin shed. After police confirmed the allegations made in the video, they registered an FIR against seven people including a gram panchayat head Mohammad Arif.