UP cops accused of taking blankets of CAA protesters

Lucknow, January 19

A group of women continued their protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at the Ghantaghar Park here on Sunday with some of them alleging that policemen took away their blankets, a charge dismissed by the police.

On the lines of Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, the women along with children have been squatting near the Clock Tower in Lucknow’s old quarters protesting the CAA and National Register of Citizens.

The women protesters alleged that blankets provided to them by some organisations were taken away by police. Rejecting the claims made by the women protesters, the Lucknow police in a tweet said, “During the illegal protest going on at Lucknow’s Clock Tower, some people tried to make a ‘gheraa’ (cordon) using ropes and sticks, and also tried to put sheets. They were not allowed to do so. Some organisations were distributing blankets in park premises. As a result of which, people living in the vicinity, who are not part of the protests, were coming to take the blankets.” — PTI