Varanasi college-mosque row: 5 held for ‘spreading rumours’

VARANASI (UP): Amid tension at the Uday Pratap College here over a mosque located on its premises, police on Saturday arrested five people for allegedly spreading rumours, officials said.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Cantonment, Vidush Saxena said, “We have arrested one Mukhtar Ahmed and four others for spreading rumours that could lead to disharmony among communities.”

A case in this regard was lodged a few days ago, the officer said.