Defying administration's repeated appeals, a raft of Muslims congregated at the mosque in Kajian colony in Muzaffarnagar to offer prayers on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr
More than 200 people gathered at a Mosque to offer 'namaaz' at Narayanpur under Pindrajora police station in Bokaro district on Friday despite there is a ban on religious congregations.
The arrested man named Mamad Abdullah Luhar had allegedly played Azaan on loudspeakers at 2.30 am in the night and had urged Muslims to 'pick up weapons and come out'.
At least 239 deaths out of the total 548 deaths recorded in Maharashtra are from the Muslim community, making a whopping 44 per cent of the total deaths in the state, which is almost thrice their share of the population in the state, as per the report.