UP: Section 144 Imposed In Mau After Violence; Mobile Internet Services Suspended In Many Parts

Mobile internet services have been suspended in many parts including Mau, Aligarh and Meerut.

Mau: Police keep a watch as Muslim people shout slogans during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act, at Mirza Hadipur Chowk in Mau, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. (PTI Photo)

New Delhi: As protests against the Citizenship Act stretched out in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, internet services have been suspended in many parts including Mau, Aligarh and Meerut. After violence in Mau district, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reprimanded the authorities and asked them to leave the district administration, if they cannot handle the situation. Vandalism, arson in Mau: With mob resorting to vandalism and arson in Mau, section 144 of the CrpC has been imposed in the area and internet services have been suspended. All the school colleges, barring one college hosting B.ed examination, have been ordered shut. On Monday, Protesters vandalised a police station and torched vehicles as a demonstration against the Act and police action at Jamia Millia Islamia University turned violent, prompting police to fire in the air, in Mau. The videos of the violence, which have gone viral on social media, show that the computer room of Mau's Dakshintola police station vandalised with chairs and some computers damaged. A portion of the boundary wall of the police station was also damaged, and firemen could be seen extinguishing fire, which had erupted in one corner of the police station. An eyewitness said protesters set ablaze 15 vehicles, including those of police. Schools, colleges closed in Aligarh till tomorrow: Aligarh University campus remained sealed amid patrolling by the police, a day after students clashed with them. AMU students started vacating their hostel rooms on Monday morning, as ordered by the authorities who had declared an early winter vacation. By the evening, a university official said, about 50 per cent of them had left the campus. Protests erupted in other parts of Aligarh on Monday, with people in some areas demanding the release of those held after the previous day's clashes. After the AMU violence in which about 70 people students and policemen - were hurt, the police had arrested 21 youths. They were trying to determine how many among them were AMU students. The schools and colleges in the city will remain closed till Wednesday, and internet services have been suspended. UP police chief O P Singh told PTI that internet services in Aligarh, Saharanpur and Meerut were suspended. Varanasi: Students hold protest in solidarity with Jamia students In Varanasi, scores of Banaras Hindu University students staged a protest at the main gate of the campus in support of the AMU and Jamia students. BHU students gathered there holding placards and banners, and shouted slogans. A large number of police personnel were deployed. Scores of BHU students, including those from the Left-backed AISA had also staged a protest at Lanka Gate on Sunday in support of the AMU students. Lucknow: Protesters  hurl stones at policemen  Students at the Islamic seminary Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow's Gudamba area also joined the protest in solidarity with the agitating AMU and Jamia Millia students. As they tried to storm out of the seminary, a police force stopped them. Some of the students then hurled stones at policemen outside the gates. Nobody was reported hurt. Lucknow SSP Kalanidhi Naithani said an additional force will continue to remain deployed outside the seminary. The seminary students had tried to protest on Sunday night as well but were pacified by the police and the college administration. Meerut: Internet services to remain suspended till 5 pm today Internet services to remain suspended till 5 pm today (December 17), said Meerut District Magistrate, Anil Dhingra.