Ayodhya police on Thursday arrested 7 people for throwing pork and torn sacred text at the gate of 4 mosques in the area.

The arrested belong to an outfit called the ‘Hindu Yodha Sangathan’, and the leader of the group is a history-sheeter with four criminal cases registered against him, police said.

“A total of eight persons on four motorcycles, led by Mahesh, threw objectionable posters and objects outside the mosques. The police recovered the objects, a mobile phone, and vehicles have been impounded. We have arrested seven people so far, four are absconding. We will arrest them soon. Action under the Gangsters Act and NSA will also be initiated against them,” said the SSP.

The district administration officials held multiple meetings with Muslim clerics and assured them that strict action would be taken against the accused persons.