In a disruptive incident in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, individuals allegedly affiliated with the Bajrang Dal forcibly entered a private birthday celebration at a local café, leveling accusations of 'love jihad' against the attendees and triggering a chaotic scene that prompted immediate police registration of a criminal case against the perpetrators.

The altercation unfolded on December 27 around 2 pm in the Prem Nagar police station jurisdiction, where a nursing student was peacefully marking her birthday with friends at the restaurant, until Rishabh Thakur, Deepak Pathak, and approximately 25 associates abruptly intruded, verbally abusing the staff and guests, issuing explicit death threats, and engaging in acts of vandalism that escalated tensions significantly.

Authorities in Bareilly swiftly responded by lodging a First Information Report against the two identified individuals and the unidentified accomplices under pertinent sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, encompassing charges of house trespass with intent to cause hurt, voluntarily causing hurt, criminal intimidation, mischief, and rioting, as the accused evaded arrest and remained at large following the formal complaint filed on Monday.

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Police intervention was prompt upon receiving alerts about the disturbance, leading to the temporary detention of two Muslim youths named Shaan and Waqaib who were among the party guests, alongside café owner Shailendra Gangwar, with all three fined for alleged breach of peace before being released on personal bonds, while viral social media footage captured the intruders' aggressive behavior inside the establishment.

Despite descriptions in the FIR portraying the main accused as self-styled cow vigilantes with prior records of instigating disruptions over perceived 'love jihad' and related matters, the Bajrang Dal's local coordinator Aryan Chaudhary categorically rejected any organizational links to the individuals, asserting that they operated independently and without endorsement from the outfit.

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