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Protests over CAA continue, death toll in UP climbs to 17
[HindustanTimes] Situation was tense in Kanpur, where rioters exchanged gunfire and fought pitched battles with the police in the Yateem Khana and Talaq Mahal neighbourhoods after a day of calmRelentless protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA, claimedeight more lives in Uttar Pradesh, taking the corpse count in India’s most populated state to at least 17, and the spiral of violence spread to neighbouring Bihar during a one-day strike organised by the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) against the contentious law on Saturday. One man died in renewed protests against the CAA on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur, where rock-throwing protestors, who also engaged in arson, clashed with the police, officials said. Additional central paramilitary forces were despatched to the town as the violence erupted  like lava from a volcano after the administration denied permission for a demonstration called by Moslem holy mans.Posted by: trailing wife 2019-12-22 |
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