UP: Six dead in fresh violence related to anti-CAA protests
Lucknow/IBNS/UNI: 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.
The protesters burnt the furniture of Nalband police outpost and torched the police vehicles.
In Meerut, under Kotwali police station area, protesters indulged in violence which forced the police to resort to lathi-charge.
In Muzaffarnagar, in Khatauli area police lathi-charged the protesters near Balakram when they violated section 144 and raised slogans against the CAA.
In Saharanpur too, thousands of protesters came out on the road after the Friday namaz raising slogans against the government while in Deoband, people agitated peacefully after the prayers.
Similarly, in Kanpur, the protest was witnessed in Nadeshar area where the protesters in large number came on the street to raise their voice against CAA.
In Hapur, police had to resort to lathi-charge on a mob when they were trying to bring out a march after the 'namaz'. The protesters raised slogans against the government.
In Varanasi, two protesters were injured when a wall fell on them during their protest while in Jaunpur, the protesters raised slogans against the government.
Similar protests were also reported Meerut, Bulandshahr, Saharanpur, Bijnore, Gorakhpur and other parts of the state.
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