Shaheen Bagh, Site Of Anti-CAA Protests, Cleared After 101 Days Amid Lockdown
Mumbai: Following the COVID-19 lockdown, the Delhi Police cleaned up the Shaheen Bagh protest site, where a large number of people were agitating against the Citizenship Amendment Act. A few protesters were also detained for “unlawful assembly” during the lockdown.
“People at the picket site in Shaheen Bagh were requested to close the site as the lockout has been done. But after they refused, the action was taken against violators as the assembly was unlawful. Protest site has been cleared. Some protestors have been detained,” ANI quoted DCP RP Meena saying.
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Many protesters were seen donning masks at the site and were spaced to reduce the possibility of the deadly virus spreading.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced a lockout in the National Capital Region of Delhi from 6 am to midnight on 31 March.
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