India, Oct. 14 -- MEERUT Chief minister Yogi Adityanath issued a stern warning to rioters on Tuesday, declaring that anyone involved in such acts would risk losing even the wealth inherited from ancestors.

"Before 2017, riots would break out in Bareilly around festivals. Today, Uttar Pradesh is identified with celebrations rather than unrest," Adityanath said. In what appeared to be a veiled reference to Maulana Tauqeer Raza, he remarked that those who once instigated riots are now "observing Urs in jail".

Raza is facing an FIR in connection with the Bareilly violence that occurred on September 26, 2025. He has been in jail since September 27, 2025.

Adityanath was addressing a teachers' conference at Bareilly Club Ground in support of ...