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News Reports

Bareilly Namaz row: How it is not just about ‘offering prayers’ but a precursor to encroachment, land grab, and forced conversions

Shraddha Pandey - 19 January, 2026

What begins as a seemingly harmless practice of religious rituals soon evolves into de facto religious structures, and religious sentiments are weaponised to hold on to the illegally encroached properties as well as conversion activities in the name of the right to practice one’s religion.

Fact-Check

No, Bareilly Police did not arrest Muslim men for offering Namaz in their own homes, as claimed by Islamists online. Here’s the truth

Shraddha Pandey - 19 January, 2026

Contrary to the claims made by the usual suspects on social media, the Bareilly Police only detained, not arrested, 12 Muslims, not for simply offering Namaz in their own homes, but for doing so inside a vacant private house without administrative permission.

Bareilly: Mazhar Ansari, the mastermind behind ‘Haidari Dal’, which claims to ‘protect’ Islam and ‘sanctity’ of burqa, arrested for inflammatory content

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2026

Bareilly police arrested Muhammad Mazhar Ansari, the alleged mastermind behind "Hydari Dal’s" social media accounts. Ansari reportedly shared edited, inflammatory videos and practiced online moral policing. He frequently renamed his accounts to evade detection before being traced via his mobile device.

News Reports

Aashiya becomes Anshika: Muslim woman from Bareilly adopts Sanatan Dharma and marries Hindu man after rejecting Triple Talaq, Halala and Hijab

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2026

Bareilly's Aashiya, uncomfortable with triple talaq, halala, and hijab, embraced Sanatan Dharma, renamed herself Anshika, and married Hindu partner Monu in a Vedic ceremony at August Muni Ashram after legal formalities and four years of romance.

Crime

Bareilly Police recover letter used to misguide the police about pre-planned ‘I Love Muhammad’ protests at accused Nadeem Khan’s house

OpIndia Staff - 20 December, 2025

Nadeem had admitted during the interrogation that he did sign the appeal to mislead the police.

Law

Bareilly violence accused Rihan’s bail rejected: Read what Allahabad HC said on the Sar Tan Se Juda slogan by Islamists and its threat to...

Rukma Rathore - 19 December, 2025

According to the Allahabad HC, the slogan undermines the Constitution, legal sytem and encourages violent revolt.

Crime

Bareilly: Maulana Tauqeer Raza, in jail over ‘I Love Muhammad’ riots, booked in land grab case, woman files FIR saying her father Shakir Beg...

OpIndia Staff - 13 December, 2025

Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, who is in jail in several cases over riots related to “I Love Muhammad” posters in...

News Reports

Bareilly: 22-year-old Hindu man murdered by girlfriend Nagma and her husband Shanu, was called near Dargah, beaten and strangulated

OpIndia Staff - 10 December, 2025

Mukesh, 22, was found strangled and beaten in Bareilly’s Senthal area. Police arrested married woman Nagma and her husband Shanu, who confessed to killing Mukesh after discovering her secret relationship with him.

Crime