On 12 March 2021 Tyagi filed a petition in the Supreme Court, where he appealed to remove 26 verses from the Quran.[4] He has claimed in the petition that these verses promote violence among Muslims.[12] The petition says these 26 verses were not part of the original Quran but were inserted at a later stage.[13] In response, there have been condemnation from muslim bodies of both Shia and Sunni sects of Islam.[14][15] They have demanded Tyagi's arrest.[16] The ruling BJP has also protested his petition.[17] A lawyer from Moradabad announced a reward of Rs 11 lakh for "beheading" Tyagi, while Shiane Haider-e-Karrar Welfare Association, a Muslim organisation in Uttar Pradesh, declared a Rs 20,000 reward for Tyagi's beheading.[8]