CAA Protests: Two Killed In Police Firing In Mangaluru, One Dies In Lucknow

A Lucknow man was killed as violence erupted in Lucknow while two persons were killed in police firing in Mangaluru on Thursday as protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, turned violent in various parts of the country.

Violence erupted in the state capital and some other parts of Uttar Pradesh with protesters, angry over the new citizenship law, pelting stones at police and torching vehicles. Mohammad Wakeel (25) suffered a firearm injury when he was passing through an old city area where the clashes took place, his family members said. The police, however, denied that the firearm injury had anything to do with the protests or the police action.

Internet services remained suspended for at least part of the day at various places, including Aligarh, Sambhal, Mau and Azamgarh districts. Scattered incidents of violence were reported from Lucknow's old city and parts of Sambhal and Mau districts. Two buses were torched and police posts targeted in Lucknow and Sambhal. Police said 18 of their own personnel (16 in Lucknow and two in Sambhal) were injured. Altogether, 112 protesters detained. Section 144 of the CrPc, which bans the assembly of people, had already been in force in the entire state for several days now.

In Mangaluru, two persons were killed as protesters attempted to lay siege to the Mangalore North police station and tried to attack police personnel, following which force was used to disperse them, police sources said.

Over 1200 people were detained across several parts of Delhi throughout the day while protests continued till late evening at Jantar Mantar. Police detained several protesters in Bengaluru's Town Hall including Historian Ramchandra Guha. A number of protesters were detained near Red Fort in Delhi, including Swaraj India's Yogendra Yadav. Around 18 Delhi Metro stations were shut in Delhi across routes, many of which were reopened later. Mamata Banerjee took out a separate protest rally in Kolkata once again and slammed the BJP saying they are buying skull caps for violent protesters to spread hatred against one particular community

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