Hindu Mahasabha Members Detained After Protesting Outside Lucknow's Lulu Mall

Police arrested numerous Hindu Mahasabha members when they assembled outside Lucknow's Lulu Mall to protest on July 16. Protesters waving saffron flags and shouting slogans were stopped with massive police deployment and barricading outside the mall's gates. Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has been protesting since a viral video showed a group of men doing namaz inside the mall. Mall officials proclaimed, "No religious prayers will be permitted in the mall."