The Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday filed a first information report (FIR) against more than 100 persons for violating prohibitory orders and participating in a demonstration here on Friday. The FIR, filed at the Thakurganj station, has named 10 persons, including Kalbe Sibtain, son of prominent Shia cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice-president Kalbe Sadiq. The police allegedly detained Samajwadi Party youth leader Pooja Shukla, who was named in an earlier FIR for the protest, when she intervened. Some of the arrested persons were booked on Friday for leading a march at the site of the protest, he said. The police were scanning videos and CCTV footage to identify people booked for leading the march, he said.

Source: The Hindu January 25, 2020 15:56 UTC