Bareilly,

01 Oct (HS): On Wednesday, the prominent Ala Hazrat family condemned the police

crackdown on Muslims in the wake of the arrest of Ittehad-e-Millat Council

(IMC) national president Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, a clan member. The family

claimed that innocent Muslims were targeted and subjected to collective punishment.

In a statement, Tauqeer Raza's elder brother, Maulana Tauseef Raza Khan,

accused the police of filing bogus cases and arresting people on fabricated

claims of attacking security forces with rifles, petrol bombs, and acid

bottles. He told the authorities that if atrocities against Muslims continued,

the family would be forced to take decisive action. The family claimed that

police invaded mosques, harassed imams and worshippers, and even banned

individuals from performing namaz in some locations.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi