CAA protests: Police detain Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after Delhi witnessed another round of protests over the new citizenship law, the police have detained Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Saturday.
The Bhim Army on Friday staged a massive protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, near the Jama Masjid in Delhi as the agitation against the new citizenship law continues across the nation.
At least six protesters were killed in fresh violence in Uttar Pradesh after the 'Jumme ki Namaz' on Friday when the people came out to the streets to protest over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).
This has taken the total number of violence-related deaths to seven.
In the fresh protests, people indulged in using arson in areas including Ferozabad and Hapur.
Reports pouring in from different places said that in Ferozabad, the protestors torched several vehicles after attending the 'namaz'.
They pelted stones on the police and torched a couple of vehicles along with the Nalband police outpost in the Ferozabad city area. The protesters after offering namaz at the Jama mosque marched towards Nalband and indulged in violence.
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