Chamoli Police has clarified that the Namaz was performed by the Muslim construction workers not at the Badrinath temple shrine but at a parking facility 700 metres away, without a maulvi and loudspeakers.
Professor Shaharyar Ali had been trying to avoid getting arrested but Supreme Court had rejected his bail plea earlier, saying that he can apply for regular bail later.
The viral video is from March 2021 when a team of Haryana police were thrashed by locals in a village in Rajasthan after their vehicle had hit one of the villagers.
"The process of using terrorism as a weapon to destroy the lives of Muslim youth continues. Our legal struggle will continue till the honourable release of innocent Muslims," said Maulana Arshad Madani of Darul Uloom Deoband.