Lucknow, April 11 -- A police constable from the Cantonment Police Station in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow allegedly entered a mosque with his shoes during Friday prayers on April 10, to cut off the loudspeaker wire.

Videos circulating online show the constable, whose identity the UP Police strictly refrained from disclosing, on his patrol bike surrounded by a group of Muslim men who accused him of hooliganism and bullying.

According to the Muslim devotees, the officer entered the mosque with his shoes, which they considered disrespectful, when the Friday prayers were ongoing, and proceeded to cut the loudspeaker wires for "failing to maintain the Supreme Court orders on noise level."

"Aap dadagiri kar rahe hai" "Yeh masjid ibadat ki jagah ...