UP: Man threatens to blow up mosque, shoot its cleric; arrested

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 9 (ANI): A 25-year-old man, who allegedly threatened to blow up Bareilly's Jama Masjid and to shoot the cleric of the mosque, was arrested, said police on Friday.

The accused has been identified as Mohammad Samad, who is also a resident of the Qila area of Bareilly.

Satyarth Anirudh Pankaj, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Bareilly said a threat letter to shoot Imam (cle