Karnataka: Historian Ramachandra Guha Detained By Bengaluru Police During Anti-CAA Protests

Section 144 has been imposed in several places in karnataka to maintain law and order in the wake of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Historian Ramachandra Guha being detained by a policeman in Bengaluru on Thursday. (PIC/Twitter)

New Delhi: Historian Ramachandra Guha was detained by Bengaluru Police during protest at Town Hall in Bengaluru against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.  Police force has been deployed in the Town Hall area as a 'bandh' has been called by a consortium of Left-wing and Muslim organisation in the state CAA 2019 and NRC. Reacting to his detention, Guha said it was "absolutely undemocratic" that police were not allowing even a peaceful protest, which is the democratic right of the citizens. Police said the protesters violated prohibitory orders clamped in the city against any protest or demonstration. Section 144 has been imposed in several places in karnataka to maintain law and order in the wake of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).' Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday criticised the ruling BJP government in the state over the imposition of Section 144. Prohibitory orders are also imposed in Dakshina Kannada district till the midnight of December 21 in the backdrop of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Dakshina Kannada district Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh has enforced prohibitory orders in the entire district in view of the possibility of the law order situation and public peace getting vitiated. Mangaluru city police Commissioner P S Harsha had on Wednesday promulgated prohibitory orders within the commissionerate limits from December 18 till the midnight of December 20. The police have information about certain organisations having given call for Bharath Bandh on Thursday and Friday in protest against implementation of CAA. As several areas falling within the city police Commissionerate limits are considered to be sensitive, the police department is apprehensive about the chances of law and order as well as public peace getting disturbed if protests and processions were organised.