'I Love Muhammad' Row Escalates In UP, Clashes In Bareilly, Cops Lathicharge

Crowds ran helter-skelter as police launched a lathicharge to counter reported stone pelting by protestors after Friday prayers in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, the latest stand-off in a row that began weeks ago over an 'I Love Muhammad' poster.

A huge crowd gathered near Bareilly's Islamia ground after Friday prayers in response to a cleric's call to raise their voices and submit a memorandum in connection with an FIR lodged in Kanpur after a tent with an 'I Love Muhammad' poster was removed by the police on September 4.