Authorities in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh have declared a war on Muslims after UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath vowed to “take revenge” on people protesting against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Law.
According to Indian media report, at least 18 people have died, mostly due to bullet injuries, while hundreds of people, including minors, have been taken into custody and thousands have been booked.
In Kanpur city alone, police have registered cases against 21,500 people, according to Anant Deo, the city’s top police officer.
This is from Begumganj area, Kanpur,UP.
— Md Asif Khan (@imMAK02) December 25, 2019
Police vandalizing shops and cars on Saturday night after 11 PM.
Why UP Police damaging private property in the night?? Who are rioters now? Identify them by cloths.
Vid: @alok_pandey #CAA_NRC_Protest #YogiMassacre #YogiMustResign pic.twitter.com/70RTnxlhaD
Though, the police have denied firing at protesters but media has shown videos of police officers shooting with pistols. So far, police force have admitted killing only one protester, identified as 20-year-old man called Suleiman, who died after he was shot in the stomach in Bijnor city.
Such protests have broken out across the country after Indian parliament passed the anti-Muslim citizenship law.
One more video where Police and security forces vandalizing private property.
— Md Asif Khan (@imMAK02) December 25, 2019
I don't know exact location of this video, Can anyone help to identify this location??#CAA_NRCProtests #CAA_NRC_Protests pic.twitter.com/Noyck5bjXB
On December 11, the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) passed Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lacks a majority, by 125 votes to 105. It had cleared, Lok Sabha, the lower house, two days earlier.
The new controversial law offers amnesty to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from three neighbouring countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
“The property of each element involved in this violence [protest] will be confiscated, and used to recover compensation for public property which was damaged. All their faces have been identified. They are visible in the videography and CCTV footage. We will take revenge by confiscating their properties, I have ordered strict action,” the UP chief minister was quoted as saying in Indian Express on December 20.
What has followed since the fiery statement in Uttar Pradesh is a widespread and brutal crackdown on Muslims on a scale not seen in recent decades. Media reports have methodically documented arrests, deaths and assaults.
This old man is father of Raees 30yo who was killed in police firing in Kanpur,Uttar Pradesh.
— Md Asif Khan (@imMAK02) December 25, 2019
Raees was a daily wager,family claims he was washing utensils at local function and ran to escape violence but police shot him.
h/t @alok_pandey #CAA_NRC_Protest #YogiMassacre pic.twitter.com/b4HwB4CUAH
https://twitter.com/AyperiLove/status/1208925483439730689
CCTV footage gathered by The Quint website showed police vandalism and even breaking CCTV cameras in Muzaffarnagar.
https://twitter.com/the_WarReport/status/1209397623137996800
The story originally appeared on Gulf News
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