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Vehicles Burnt, Police Tear-Gas Citizenship Law Protesters In UP’s Mau

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Vehicles Burnt, Police Tear-Gas Citizenship Law Protesters In UP's Mau

Protesters burnt vehicles as demonstration against the controversial citizenship law turned violent.

Mau, Uttar Pradesh:

Protesters burnt vehicles, threw stones at policemen today as clashes erupted in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district over the new citizenship law. Cops resorted to use of tear gas shells and lathi-charged protesters.

Visuals showed cops trying to douse flames at the police station in Mirza Hadipura area after the protesters demonstrating against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which was cleared last week by parliament, tried to set a portion of the police station on fire. Several vehicles were also set ablaze by the agitators.

The clashes come as police crackdown on the students at Jamia Millia University in Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University triggered protests across the nation.

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