SAMBHAL — Seven Muslims were arrested in connection with posters bearing ‘Free Gaza, Free Palestine’ messages appearing on walls of shops in Narauli town in Sambhal, police said on Sunday, April 20.
The posters, which came to light a few days ago, also included an appeal to the Muslim community to boycott Israeli goods.
Baniyather SHO Ramveer Singh told PTI that the police had launched a probe and identified the seven individuals based on CCTV camera footage. Additional information was gathered from owners of the shops on whose walls the posters appeared.
Singh said the arrested individuals were identified as Asim, Saif Ali, Rahees, Matloob, Fardeen, Arman and Arbaz.
Israel launched military operation in Gaza after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel in October 2023, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251.
The military operation has since killed more than 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Associated Press reported Gaza’s health ministry as saying. — With inputs from PTI
