- Title: Police, protesters clash across India's most populous state over citizenship law
- Date: 20th December 2019
- Summary: GORAKHPUR, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (DECEMBER 20, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) PROTESTERS PELTING STONES AT POLICE POLICE AND PROTESTERS PELTING STONES AT EACH OTHER/ PROTESTERS GESTURING AT POLICE POLICE PELTING STONES AT PROTESTERS PROTESTERS PELTING STONES AT POLICE POLICE PELTING STONES AT PROTESTERS POLICE RUNNING FOOTWEAR LYING SCATTERED ON THE GROUND POLICE WALKING IN RIOT GEAR VANDALISED MOTORBIKE (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, GORAKHPUR DISTRICT, SUNIL GUPTA, SAYING: "After the Friday prayers, some miscreants pelted stones at the police, so the police used some force and dispersed them. Now, the situation is under control." BULANDSHAHR, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (DECEMBER 20, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) POLICE PELTING STONES/ A POLICEMAN FIRING TEAR GAS SHELL POLICE PELTING STONES VARIOUS OF A POLICE VEHICLE ON FIRE AS POLICE WATCHES BHADOHI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (DECEMBER 20, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) POLICE BATON-CHARGING ON PROTESTERS VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS RUNNING AS POLICE BATON CHARGES POLICE PATROLLING POLICE RAISING BATON, PEOPLE REACTING POLICE STANDING AMID PROTESTERS
- Embargoed: 3rd January 2020 11:51
- Keywords: Citizenship Amendment Act Gorakhpur India Muslims baton charging clash police protest stone pelting violence
- Location: GORAKHPUR, BULANDSHAHR, BHADOHI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
- City: GORAKHPUR, BULANDSHAHR, BHADOHI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001BAS3J9J
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: PART QUALITY AS INCOMING
Police and protesters clashed in several cities of India's northern Uttar Pradesh state on Friday (December 20), during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act after Friday prayers.
Gorakhpur Senior Superintendent of Police, Sunil Gupta said some protesters started pelting stones at police after Friday prayers, after which the authorities used force and dispersed them.
Further east in Bulandshahr city, police baton-charged on protesters to disperse them. A police vehicle was also set ablaze. In neighbouring Bhadohi district, some policemen were reported injured after clashing with protesters.
Violence was also reported from other parts of Uttar Pradesh state, India's most populous, like Meerut and Ghaziabad, which local media reports said was eventually contained. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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