UP Information: Notices Issued To 300 For Protesting In opposition to Waqf Act In Muzaffarnagar | India Information

Muzaffarnagar: Authorities right here have issued notices to 300 folks for protesting in opposition to the Waqf (Modification) Act, 2025, by carrying black badges throughout Friday prayers in mosques and requested them to furnish bonds of Rs 2 lakh every, a police official stated on Sunday. The determine stood at 24 until Saturday.

Superintendent of Police (Metropolis) Satyanarayan Prajapat stated notices had been served to 300 folks after figuring out them by means of CCTV footage. Efforts are on to determine extra folks, based on police. Prajapat advised reporters on Saturday that notices had been issued in opposition to 24 folks. The notices had been issued by Metropolis Justice of the Peace Vikas Kashyap based mostly on the police report, asking the protesters to furnish a bond of Rs 2 lakh every after showing earlier than courtroom on April 16.

Those that have been served notices wore black badges on their arms throughout Friday prayers at totally different mosques right here on March 28 to protest in opposition to the Waqf (Modification) Act, 2025, based on police. Parliament authorised the Waqf (Modification) Invoice early Friday after the Rajya Sabha gave its nod to the contentious laws following an over 13-hour debate.

The dialogue witnessed staunch objections from opposition events, which termed the Invoice “anti-Muslim” in addition to “unconstitutional”, whereas the federal government stated the “historic reform” would profit the minority group.

The Invoice was handed within the Rajya Sabha with 128 members voting in favour and 95 opposing it. It was handed within the Lok Sabha early Thursday, with 288 members supporting it and 232 in opposition to it. President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the Invoice on Saturday.