New Delhi, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The protest organised by the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) outside Uttar Pradesh Bhawan against the violence and detention of anti-CAA protesters in UP was foiled after the Delhi Police started detaining the students as soon as they reached the spot.
The protesters which came in small groups of two or three at a time were detained as soon as they reached.
Uttar Pradesh witnessed intensive violence in its 19 districts, the death toll in the violent protests has gone up to 18 though the UP DGP O.P. Singh claimed that 15 persons had died so far. He said five deaths had been reported from Meerut, two from Bijnor, three from Ferozabad, two from Sambhal and one each from Rampur, Lucknow and Varanasi.
The DGP said that 131 FIRs had been lodged in connection with the violence and 879 persons had been arrested. He said over 5,000 people have been confined. The number of injured police personnel is 288.
Source: IANS
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