Ramachandra Guha detained in Bengaluru..
New Delhi, Dec 19 (HS): The police have detained protesters from different states including Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad for staging demonstrating against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). It included noted historian Ramachandra Guha who was detained by the Bengaluru police Thursday morning while staging a demonstration against the CAA at Town Hall. Reacting to his detention, Guha said that it was totally undemocratic.
Meanwhile, Swaraj Abhiyan founder and activist Yogendra Yadav was detained at Delhi’s Red Fort and former student leader Umar Khalid and Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit were detained during ongoing nationwide protests against the new law. “It is an honor to be detained on the 19th of December, a small tribute to Ashfakulla Khan and Ramprasad Bismil,” Yadav tweeted.
Restrictions have been placed near Red Fort in Delhi. Several metro stations have been closed and the border with Haryana’s Gurugram has been sealed. Mobile internet services have been shut down keeping in view the security aspects.
Citing the nationwide protests planned by various political and Muslim groups against the CAA, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today appealed people to maintain peace and harmony and also tried to allay fears among the Muslim community regarding the law.
According to reports, over 40 students of the University of Hyderabad were taken into preventive custody by the Telangana police. Besides, 17 students from Madras University were also detained last night. Although they were released after midnight. Amid massive protests in Uttar Pradesh, the protesters set ablaze a state roadways bus and damaged police vehicles in Sambhal district.
As per the reports up to 2.30 pm, the protests are being carried out at Chandigarh, Delhi (Mandi House, Red Fort, Shaheen Park, ITO), Bihar, Guwahati, Lucknow (Vidhan Sabha), Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, and Bangaluru. Seeing the gravity of the situation, the different state administration has imposed section 144 to ban large gatherings.
