MEERUT, Aug. 6 -- The president of the Shahi Jama Masjid Management Committee in Sambhal, Zafar Ali, and several others have been booked for allegedly flouting prohibitory orders by organising a celebratory roadshow after his release from jail, police said on Wednesday.

The case was lodged on Wednesday at Sambhal Kotwali Police Station based on a complaint filed by sub-inspector Ashish Tomar. Additional superintendent of police Alok Kumar said an FIR has been registered against Zafar Ali, and 50-60 unidentified individuals under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

"They are accused of conducting a 40-km-long roadshow from Moradabad to Sambhal on August 1 to mark Ali's release," he stated.

Zafar Ali had been in...