AFWA found that the hoarding is not a recent one but was put up in Kanpur in April 2021. It was not only taken down by the police but the people responsible were brought before the law. Both police and the AIMIM contend the party was not involved in this.
The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested 415 people and registered 20 FIRs so far in connection with the violent protests that erupted in the state over now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma's remarks on Prophet Mohammad.