Anti-CAA protests: Death toll in UP rises to 11
Lucknow/IBNS: The number of deaths in Uttar Pradesh caused by the clashes between police and the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protesters rose to 11 as the northern state saw some violent agitations over the last two days, media reports said.
According to The Indian Express, police said over 600 people were kept under preventive detention.
In the fresh protests a day ago, people indulged in using arson in areas including Ferozabad and Hapur.
Reports 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 in Delhi after offering namaz at the Jama Masjid 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.
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