Overview
- Friday prayers in Bhopal passed peacefully under tight deployment after authorities ringed Old City mosques and kept Section 144 in place.
- Police said all seven people named in the FIR have been arrested and sent to judicial remand under BNS sections for outraging religious feelings and rioting.
- The case stems from a May 10 video showing Arif Khan beaten, partly stripped, and smeared with ink and cow dung by men claiming Bajrang Dal ties at a Bhopal hotel.
- The woman found with Khan told police the relationship was consensual, while protests on Tuesday saw stone-pelting and brief clashes before community leaders urged calm.
- Officials are reviewing videos to identify more participants, and fact-checkers and police have rejected online claims of mass deaths, arson at mosques, or police firing.