The police and security forces across the country have taken preventive measures under Section 144 of CrPC to counter violent protests that are allegedly planned in a few cities against the Citizenship Act on Thursday.
The Jamia protests cannot be disassociated from the violence in Delhi in any manner. There is an insidious design at work here and we have to confront it.
The Delhi Police has also named former Congress MLA Asif Khan as one of the accused in its FIR. Six people including four local politicians and the former Congress MLA have been named as suspects in the Delhi Police FIR.
Social Media was abuzz with the unfounded rumours that the man who was seen pounding batons at the violent mob of protesting students was affiliated to the RSS
Dismissing the pleas filed by lawyers of petitioners seeking suo motu action against police action, the Supreme Court asked the petitioners should be file a case in the respective HCs.