Overview
- Malegaon Police registered FIR No. 32/2026 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Maharashtra Police Act, naming Lukman and Salim Ikka along with several unidentified persons.
- The cited BNS provisions include sections related to unlawful assembly and obstruction or assault of a public servant, with police also invoking sections 37(1), 37(3) and 135 of the state police act.
- The prayers occurred during a demonstration over unresolved electricity supply complaints, led by Malegaon Lok Sangharsh Samiti president Lukman Kamal, and coincided with Asr in Ramadan.
- BJP leader Kirit Somaiya called the act unacceptable in a government office and wrote to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking disciplinary and legal action.
- Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane condemned the incident with combative rhetoric and pressed for action, while leaders from Shiv Sena and NCP (SP) urged against turning the episode into a political flashpoint.