Lucknow University Namaz Row: 13 Students Receive Show-Cause Notices for Offering Namaz at Lal Baradari Inside Campus

By Lokmat Times Desk | Updated: February 24, 2026 12:31 IST2026-02-24T12:28:49+5:302026-02-24T12:31:34+5:30

The Executive Magistrate of the Lucknow Commissionerate has issued notices to 13 Lucknow University students for offering namaz near ...

Lucknow University Namaz Row: 13 Students Receive Show-Cause Notices for Offering Namaz at Lal Baradari Inside Campus | Lucknow University Namaz Row: 13 Students Receive Show-Cause Notices for Offering Namaz at Lal Baradari Inside Campus

Lucknow University Namaz Row: 13 Students Receive Show-Cause Notices for Offering Namaz at Lal Baradari Inside Campus

The Executive Magistrate of the Lucknow Commissionerate has issued notices to 13 Lucknow University students for offering namaz near Lal Baradari inside the campus. According to a report filed by the Hasanganj Police Station, the students disrupted construction work on the campus. Action has been taken under sections of the Criminal Procedure Code to ensure peace is maintained in the future. The administration has directed all the students to submit a substantial bond along with two sureties as a guarantee of maintaining peace for one year.

The police notice states that the students attempted to offer namaz near Lal Baradari and staged a protest by sitting on the road in front of the canteen. According to the report, these activities affected the academic atmosphere on campus and interrupted ongoing construction work. The administration believes the incident created tension among students and had the potential to lead to a major disturbance.

To maintain order, the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Metropolitan) has imposed strict conditions. All 13 students have been asked to submit a personal bond of Rs 50,000, along with two sureties of Rs 50,000 each. The order will remain in effect for one year, ensuring the students do not engage in any activity that could disrupt law and order.

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The controversy that began with offering namaz at Lal Baradari has now entered the legal process. The university administration and police are monitoring the campus to prevent any untoward incident. Authorities have made it clear that campus decorum and public order will not be compromised. Further administrative action has been initiated against all 13 identified students.

A video from Lucknow University, which is affiliated with the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha (SCS), National Students' Union (NSUI) and All India Students' Union of India (AISA), has emerged on social media, which shows protesting on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday near Lal Baradari.

Students alleged that the university administration had deliberately sealed the mosque inside Lal Baradari to prevent Muslims studnets from offering prayers during the holy month of Ramadan.

On Sunday, representatives of the three student organisations- all Hindus- formed a human chain to allow students to offer namaz outside Lal Baradari after they found mosque gates were shut. In a viral video, it can be seen that Muslim students offering namaz while student leaders forming a human chain went viral with students describing the gesture as “Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb” and a message that the university is not a place for discriminatiobased onof religion, caste, creed or culture.

Shubham Kharwar, a student of Lucknow University, said, "Some Muslims students offered Namaz outside Lal Baradari as they were not allowed to offer Namaz inside the Lal Baradari. Notices were issued to students regarding this. We will hold a protest against the closure of the gates of Lal Baradari."

Members of Bajrang Dal protest after a few students of Lucknow University offered 'namaz' at Lal Baradari mosque on the university premises.

Police evacuate a group of students allegedly attempting to recite Hanuman Chalisa outsidethe  Lal Baradari building situated inside Lucknow University premises.

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