Reportedly officials said at least 11 people, including an 8 year old boy, have lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh as the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act turned violent in the state. Furthermore four deaths were reported from meerut district, while the boy was killed in a stampede in varanasi when a violent mob was being chased by police personnel on Friday.
Furthermore after friday prayers, six people were killed as protesters clashed with the police at several places in the state. Apparently they hurled stones and torched vehicles, the officials said. director General of police O P Singh on friday said that 50 policemen were seriously injured in the violence. As per report violence during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests has so far claimed lives in Bijnor, sambhal, firozabad, kanpur, varanasi and meerut in the state.
Moreover clashes with police were also reported from bhadohi, bahraich, amroha, Farurukhabad, ghaziabad, varanasi, muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Hapur, Hathras, Bulandshahr, Hamirpur and Mahoba districts and perhaps at many places, police used lathis, lobbed teargas shells and, according to some officials, rubber bullets when they failed to contain angry mobs. Earlier the government had earlier ordered closure of all schools on thursday and friday owing to severe cold wave condition
