Priyanka Gandhi Meets Family Members Of Anti-CAA Protesters Killed In UP's Bijnor

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday visited Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh to meet the family members of two persons, killed in recent violence over the amended citizenship law. Priyanka visited Nahtaur area of the district to meet families of the two persons, who died during anti-CAA protests on December 20.

UP Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu told PTI that the party general secretary also interacted with people in the area. Bijnor was one of the districts in Uttar Pradesh affected by violence by anti-CAA protesters who hurled stones and brickbats at policemen, and torched some vehicles.

Meanwhile, the death count in violence related to protests against Citizenship Amendment Act in Uttar Pradesh has climbed to 18, officials said on Sunday. Over 260 policemen were also injured, of whom 57 received gunshot wounds in Kanpur, IG (Law and Order) Praveen Kumar was quoted as saying by PTI.

In Muzaffarnagar, 25 policemen were injured in stone-pelting on Friday and SP City got pellet injury when someone in the crowd used an illegal firearm, SP Abhishek Yadav said. Internet services have been suspended in 25 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

The internet will remain suspended till Monday noon. Districts, where the internet will remain suspended, are - Lucknow, Sitapur, Aligarh, Saharanpur, Meerut, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad, Bareilly, Mau, Sambhal, Azamgarh, Agra, Kanpur, Chandauli, Varanasi Firozabad, Mathura, Pilibhit, Bulandshahar, Amroha, Rampur, Bijnor, Moradabad Monday and Prayag. All the schools, colleges and other educational institutes in the state capital will remain closed till December 24.