UP: Man threatens to blow up mosque, shoot its cleric; arrested
A 25-year-old man, who allegedly threatened to blow up Bareilly's Jama Masjid and to shoot the cleric of the mosque, was arrested, said police on Friday.
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A 25-year-old man, who allegedly threatened to blow up Bareilly's Jama Masjid and to shoot the cleric of the mosque, was arrested, said police on Friday.
Satyarth Anirudh Pankaj, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Bareilly said a threat letter to shoot Imam (cleric) Mufti Khurshid Alam and to bomb the Jama Masjid in Qila area, was pasted by the accused on the wall of the mosque because the cleric did not allow to play DJ in the Eidmiladunnabi procession. Uttar Pradesh: Man Threatens to Blow Up Jama Masjid in Bareilly, Shoot Its Mosque Cleric; Arrested.