Hyderabad, March 17 -- The Uttar Pradesh Police arrested 14 people on Tuesday, March 17, for allegedly hosting an iftar at the Ganga ghat in Varanasi.

The arrests followed the release of an Instagram reel showing a group of men wearing skull caps, sitting on a floating boat and eating what appears to be chicken biryani from a large cooking pot.

Speaking to Siasat.com, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Kotwali, Vijay Pratap Singh, said that of the arrested, 13 are Muslims and one is a Hindu who owns the boat. "They are all around 24-26 years of age. They wanted to increase followers and hence posted the video," the officer said.

A case under sections 299 (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings) and 29...