India, Dec. 8 -- MEERUT The police filed a charge sheet against Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza and 38 others in connection with the Bareilly violence that erupted near Shyamganj crossing on September 26. This is the first charge sheet by the Baradari police among more than a dozen cases registered across the city that day. All the named accused are behind bars while investigations continue to identify and arrest 32 other suspects, said SSP Anurag Arya on Monday.

The violence broke out after Raza reportedly called upon his supporters to gather at the Islamia College grounds. Following Friday prayers, the crowd became unruly, forcing the police to resort to lathi-charge at multiple locations to control the situat...