200 Women Baton-charged, Hit with Tear Gas by UP Police for Protesting CAA

Lucknow, February 5, 2020:

Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police on Wednesday lathi-charged around 200 women who had gathered to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA.

Police had used tear gas to quell the Anti-CAA protests in Azamgarh city in UP. According to reports, people had gathered at Maulana Johar Ali Park in Azamgarh’s Bilariyaganj area since the morning of 4 February. Women in large numbers had gathered at the protest event.

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As per The Quint’s reports, the UP police forcibly entered the homes of the boys involved in the protest and beat them up, before detaining them. The exact number of detainees are yet to be known.

Police, reportedly reached the protest site around 1 am on Wednesday and lathi-charged them and hurled tear gas at around 4 am.

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Reports also say that a woman has sustained serious injuries on her head and is reportedly in a critical condition. The police also poured gallons of water on the protest venue to stop more protesters from assembling at the site.

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