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Protests against Citizenship Amendment Act continue, toll up to 24
Updated On: 23 December, 2019 08:49 AM IST | New Delhi/Lucknow | Agencies
Uttar Pradesh deputy CM blames the outsiders for violent clashes that has claimed 17 lives in the state since Thursday.
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Protesters display placards and raise slogans demanding withdrawal of citizenship law, during a demonstration on Sunday. Pics/PTI
New Delhi/Lucknow: Violent protests against citizenship law swept the country over the weekend despite the government's ban on public assembly and suspension of internet services in several parts of the country, raising the nationwide death toll to 24.
A 30-year-old man, who was injured in Friday's protests in Kanpur, succumbed on Sunday while nine people died in clashes with police across Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, taking the toll in the state to 17 since Thursday. Seven people were killed in UP on Friday. Police spokesman Pravin Kumar said most of the victims were young people but denied police were responsible, reported AP.
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