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Anti-CAA Protest: Jaffrabad demonstration to continue

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Published : Feb 23, 2020, 9:52 AM IST

Updated : Feb 24, 2020, 4:37 AM IST

04:36 February 24

Delhi Police to look into lathi-charge allegations by anti-CAA protesters in Hauz Rani

Delhi Police has said that it is looking into allegations of lathi-charge on protestors who were taking out an anti-CAA march in Hauz Rani area of Malviya Nagar.

Delhi Police Commissioner (South) Atul Thakur on Sunday said that that the police will look into allegations of lathi-charge adding that the protest march was organised without permission.  

"Protesters tried to block traffic at multiple locations. Some of them verbally and physically abused police personnel and pushed female police personnel towards barricades," Thakur said. 

01:01 February 24

Clash erupts between pro and anti CAA groups in Jaffrabad, sit-ins continue in many places in Delhi

Protests, which mirrored the Shaheen Bagh sit-in where demonstrators have blocked a road since December, started in Khureji Khaas in Karawal Nagar and Chandbagh in northeast Delhi, and Hauz Rani in South Delhi , prompting the police to step up security.

A group of anti-CAA protestors, who have been on a sit-in at Gandhi Park in south Delhi's Hauz Rani since last one month, took out a march towards the main road.

Delhi Police personnel later stopped the pro-CAA protestors when they tried to march towards Kardampuri where another anti-CAA protest was on. The security personnel formed a human-chain to separate the groups and defuse tension.

23:25 February 23

Anti-CAA protest at Jaffrabad to continue

Anti-CAA protesters gathered at Jaffrabad metro station area intend to continue their demonstration through the night.

The protest has been going on since Saturday night.

21:32 February 23

Aligarh: Suspension of mobile internet services extended till Monday midnight

Mobile internet services to remain suspended till Monday midnight.

19:58 February 23

Mobile internet services suspended at Aligarh from 6 pm to 12 am

Mobile internet services have been suspended at Aligarh for a six-hour period starting 6 pm.

The move came after violence broke out this evening between police and anti-CAA protesters in the Uparkot Kotwali area of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.

19:49 February 23

Situation is under control now: Joint CP (Eastern Range) on Maujpur violence

Situation is under control now: Joint CP (Eastern Range) on Maujpur violence
Situation is under control now: Joint CP (Eastern Range) on Maujpur violence

"Situation is under control now. But many people are (out) on the street. We are continuously speaking to local leaders so that peace prevails in the area, " said Alok Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police (Eastern Range).

18:48 February 23

Watch: RAF personnel lob tear gas shells at Aligarh anti-CAA protesters

RAF personnel lob tear gas shells at Aligarh anti-CAA protesters

Visuals have emerged of RAF personnel lobbing tear gas shells at anti-CAA protesters in Aligarh.

18:30 February 23

One injured in police firing during anti-CAA protest in Aligarh

One injured in police firing during anti-CAA protest in Aligarh

A man, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, sustained injuries in police firing after an anti-CAA protest allegedly turned violent in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.  

The police resorted to firing and lobbing tear gas shells after stones were reportedly pelted at vehicles carrying Rapid Action Force personnel.

Meanwhile, several roadside shops were gutted during anti-CAA protest, apart from destruction of a number of vehicles during stone pelting. 

RAF resorted to tear gas shells in order to disperse the crowd.  

Fire tenders have reached the spot and are trying to douse the fire.

17:38 February 23

Women declare indefinite protest against CAA at Lal Kuan

Women declare indefinite protest against CAA at Lal Kuan

Several women took to the streets of Lal Kuan area in Delhi to register their protest against CAA. The protesters, who have been gathering in the area since last night, have announced an indefinite strike.

17:18 February 23

Anti-Shaheen Bagh protest held at Jasola Vihar; demand removal of road block

Anti-Shaheen Bagh protest held at Jasola Vihar; demand removal of road block

In opposition to anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh, a group of residents from Jasola Vihar, an area close to the protest site, staged a sit-in demonstration in their area demanding the removal of the apparent roadblock caused by the protest.

"These people are protesting to protect their rights, and we do not mind it. What we have a problem with is the traffic congestion, " Rekha told ETV Bharat.

Another protester Bunty said, "We have been waiting for the past 70 days. If they want to protest they can go and sit at Ramlila maidan."

17:10 February 23

Stone pelting at Maujpur; tear gas shells lobbed by Police

Stone pelting at Maujpur; tear gas shells lobbed by Police

Stone-pelting between two groups of was reported in Delhi's Maujpur area where a pro-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rally was underway.

Maujpur lies near Jaffrabad area where an anti-CAA protest is also going on simultaneously.

According to reports, a clash between pro and anti-CAA protesters led to stone-pelting.

16:28 February 23

Hundreds come out to protest against CAA in Delhi's Chand Bagh

Hundreds come out to protest against CAA in Delhi's Chand Bagh
Hundreds come out to protest against CAA in Delhi's Chand Bagh

Hundreds of people on Sunday gathered in Delhi's Chand Bagh area to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) National Population Register (NPR), and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC).  The protesters were holding placards and the national flag. They were planning to march from Chand Bagh to Rajghat.

This came after hundreds of people gathered in Jaffrabad, another Muslim-dominated locality closeby, on Saturday evening to protest against CAA and NRC.

16:11 February 23

We will continue to protest until demands are met: Jaffrabad anti-CAA protester

We will continue to protest until demands are met: Jaffrabad anti-CAA protester

With the anti-CAA protest led by women below the Jaffrabad metro line which connects Seelampur to Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar gaining support, a woman protester told ETV Bharat that they intend on continuing the protest until and unless their demands are met.

"We will continue the protest until and unless our demands are met with.  We are here to assert our rights, " said a woman protester.

15:11 February 23

Women protests at Khurezi Khash in Delhi in support of Bharat Bandh against Citizenship Amendment Act. 

14:31 February 23

Women continues to protest against Citizenship Amendment Act at Jaffrabad metro station.

09:32 February 23

Securities have been deployed at Jaffrabad metro station area as women continue to protest there against Citizenship Amendment Act.

09:32 February 23

The entry and exit gates of Jaffrabad metro station were closed on Sunday after an overnight protest by around 500 people, mostly women, against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens.

The women, carrying the tricolour and raising slogans of 'aazadi', said they would not move from the site till the Centre revoke the CAA.

They had blocked road no. 66 which connects Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar.

"Entry & exit of Jaffrabad have been closed. Trains will not be halting at this station," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation tweeted. 

09:31 February 23

09:31 February 23

Mobile internet services suspension extended till Monday midnight at Aligarh

New Delhi: People on Sunday evening continued to protest at Jaffrabad metro station area, against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), that has been going on since last night.

A number of Bhim Army activists also joined the agitation earlier today.

The protesters, a majority of them women, were seen holding the national flag and raising slogans against CAA.

A few protesters were seen holding placards that read, "You can block internet but not our spirits" and "When injustice strikes, silence is a sin".

Over 1,000 women gathered at the metro station and sat on a dharna on the road which connects Seelampur to Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar on Saturday night

Earlier in the day, the exit and entry gates of Jaffrabad metro station were closed, and heavy security has been deployed at the agitation site.

Meanwhile, police have been deployed in Maujpur area where stones were pelted between two groups earlier today. 

This comes amidst mediation attempts at the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) protest site at Shaheen Bagh, which has become the epicentre of resistance against the Citizenship act.

The Shaheen Bagh protesters have already told the Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors that if the road parallel to the anti-CAA protest site was opened, the apex court should pass an order ensuring their security.

In December last year, thousands of protesters holding placards and national flags gathered at Jaffrabad metro station raised slogans against the Act, which seeks to grant citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi communities fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who entered India on or before 31, 2014. 

(PTI Report)

04:36 February 24

Delhi Police to look into lathi-charge allegations by anti-CAA protesters in Hauz Rani

Delhi Police has said that it is looking into allegations of lathi-charge on protestors who were taking out an anti-CAA march in Hauz Rani area of Malviya Nagar.

Delhi Police Commissioner (South) Atul Thakur on Sunday said that that the police will look into allegations of lathi-charge adding that the protest march was organised without permission.  

"Protesters tried to block traffic at multiple locations. Some of them verbally and physically abused police personnel and pushed female police personnel towards barricades," Thakur said. 

01:01 February 24

Clash erupts between pro and anti CAA groups in Jaffrabad, sit-ins continue in many places in Delhi

Protests, which mirrored the Shaheen Bagh sit-in where demonstrators have blocked a road since December, started in Khureji Khaas in Karawal Nagar and Chandbagh in northeast Delhi, and Hauz Rani in South Delhi , prompting the police to step up security.

A group of anti-CAA protestors, who have been on a sit-in at Gandhi Park in south Delhi's Hauz Rani since last one month, took out a march towards the main road.

Delhi Police personnel later stopped the pro-CAA protestors when they tried to march towards Kardampuri where another anti-CAA protest was on. The security personnel formed a human-chain to separate the groups and defuse tension.

23:25 February 23

Anti-CAA protest at Jaffrabad to continue

Anti-CAA protesters gathered at Jaffrabad metro station area intend to continue their demonstration through the night.

The protest has been going on since Saturday night.

21:32 February 23

Aligarh: Suspension of mobile internet services extended till Monday midnight

Mobile internet services to remain suspended till Monday midnight.

19:58 February 23

Mobile internet services suspended at Aligarh from 6 pm to 12 am

Mobile internet services have been suspended at Aligarh for a six-hour period starting 6 pm.

The move came after violence broke out this evening between police and anti-CAA protesters in the Uparkot Kotwali area of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.

19:49 February 23

Situation is under control now: Joint CP (Eastern Range) on Maujpur violence

Situation is under control now: Joint CP (Eastern Range) on Maujpur violence
Situation is under control now: Joint CP (Eastern Range) on Maujpur violence

"Situation is under control now. But many people are (out) on the street. We are continuously speaking to local leaders so that peace prevails in the area, " said Alok Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police (Eastern Range).

18:48 February 23

Watch: RAF personnel lob tear gas shells at Aligarh anti-CAA protesters

RAF personnel lob tear gas shells at Aligarh anti-CAA protesters

Visuals have emerged of RAF personnel lobbing tear gas shells at anti-CAA protesters in Aligarh.

18:30 February 23

One injured in police firing during anti-CAA protest in Aligarh

One injured in police firing during anti-CAA protest in Aligarh

A man, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, sustained injuries in police firing after an anti-CAA protest allegedly turned violent in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.  

The police resorted to firing and lobbing tear gas shells after stones were reportedly pelted at vehicles carrying Rapid Action Force personnel.

Meanwhile, several roadside shops were gutted during anti-CAA protest, apart from destruction of a number of vehicles during stone pelting. 

RAF resorted to tear gas shells in order to disperse the crowd.  

Fire tenders have reached the spot and are trying to douse the fire.

17:38 February 23

Women declare indefinite protest against CAA at Lal Kuan

Women declare indefinite protest against CAA at Lal Kuan

Several women took to the streets of Lal Kuan area in Delhi to register their protest against CAA. The protesters, who have been gathering in the area since last night, have announced an indefinite strike.

17:18 February 23

Anti-Shaheen Bagh protest held at Jasola Vihar; demand removal of road block

Anti-Shaheen Bagh protest held at Jasola Vihar; demand removal of road block

In opposition to anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh, a group of residents from Jasola Vihar, an area close to the protest site, staged a sit-in demonstration in their area demanding the removal of the apparent roadblock caused by the protest.

"These people are protesting to protect their rights, and we do not mind it. What we have a problem with is the traffic congestion, " Rekha told ETV Bharat.

Another protester Bunty said, "We have been waiting for the past 70 days. If they want to protest they can go and sit at Ramlila maidan."

17:10 February 23

Stone pelting at Maujpur; tear gas shells lobbed by Police

Stone pelting at Maujpur; tear gas shells lobbed by Police

Stone-pelting between two groups of was reported in Delhi's Maujpur area where a pro-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rally was underway.

Maujpur lies near Jaffrabad area where an anti-CAA protest is also going on simultaneously.

According to reports, a clash between pro and anti-CAA protesters led to stone-pelting.

16:28 February 23

Hundreds come out to protest against CAA in Delhi's Chand Bagh

Hundreds come out to protest against CAA in Delhi's Chand Bagh
Hundreds come out to protest against CAA in Delhi's Chand Bagh

Hundreds of people on Sunday gathered in Delhi's Chand Bagh area to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) National Population Register (NPR), and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC).  The protesters were holding placards and the national flag. They were planning to march from Chand Bagh to Rajghat.

This came after hundreds of people gathered in Jaffrabad, another Muslim-dominated locality closeby, on Saturday evening to protest against CAA and NRC.

16:11 February 23

We will continue to protest until demands are met: Jaffrabad anti-CAA protester

We will continue to protest until demands are met: Jaffrabad anti-CAA protester

With the anti-CAA protest led by women below the Jaffrabad metro line which connects Seelampur to Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar gaining support, a woman protester told ETV Bharat that they intend on continuing the protest until and unless their demands are met.

"We will continue the protest until and unless our demands are met with.  We are here to assert our rights, " said a woman protester.

15:11 February 23

Women protests at Khurezi Khash in Delhi in support of Bharat Bandh against Citizenship Amendment Act. 

14:31 February 23

Women continues to protest against Citizenship Amendment Act at Jaffrabad metro station.

09:32 February 23

Securities have been deployed at Jaffrabad metro station area as women continue to protest there against Citizenship Amendment Act.

09:32 February 23

The entry and exit gates of Jaffrabad metro station were closed on Sunday after an overnight protest by around 500 people, mostly women, against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens.

The women, carrying the tricolour and raising slogans of 'aazadi', said they would not move from the site till the Centre revoke the CAA.

They had blocked road no. 66 which connects Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar.

"Entry & exit of Jaffrabad have been closed. Trains will not be halting at this station," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation tweeted. 

09:31 February 23

09:31 February 23

Mobile internet services suspension extended till Monday midnight at Aligarh

New Delhi: People on Sunday evening continued to protest at Jaffrabad metro station area, against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), that has been going on since last night.

A number of Bhim Army activists also joined the agitation earlier today.

The protesters, a majority of them women, were seen holding the national flag and raising slogans against CAA.

A few protesters were seen holding placards that read, "You can block internet but not our spirits" and "When injustice strikes, silence is a sin".

Over 1,000 women gathered at the metro station and sat on a dharna on the road which connects Seelampur to Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar on Saturday night

Earlier in the day, the exit and entry gates of Jaffrabad metro station were closed, and heavy security has been deployed at the agitation site.

Meanwhile, police have been deployed in Maujpur area where stones were pelted between two groups earlier today. 

This comes amidst mediation attempts at the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) protest site at Shaheen Bagh, which has become the epicentre of resistance against the Citizenship act.

The Shaheen Bagh protesters have already told the Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors that if the road parallel to the anti-CAA protest site was opened, the apex court should pass an order ensuring their security.

In December last year, thousands of protesters holding placards and national flags gathered at Jaffrabad metro station raised slogans against the Act, which seeks to grant citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi communities fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who entered India on or before 31, 2014. 

(PTI Report)

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