: Uttar Pradesh Police issue notices directing 60 anti-CAA protestors to pay damages #IndiaNEWS The police in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district have issued notices to 60 persons asking them to pay Rs

Uttar Pradesh Police issue notices directing 60 anti-CAA protestors to pay damages #IndiaNEWS
The police in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district have issued notices to 60 persons asking them to pay Rs 57 lakh for destroying property during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, PTI reported on Saturday.Nehtaur Station House Officer Pankaj Tomar said that on December 20, 2019, a mob damaged government property and set a police jeep on fire during a protest against the Act. He also alleged that the mob attacked the police, due to which they had to fire in self-defence. Two men, Anas and Salman, were killed in the firing.In December 2020, large-scale protests erupted across the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Since then, many protestors in Uttar Pradesh have been asked to pay for allegedly damaging government property.On February 11, the Supreme Court had directed the state government to withdraw notices issued to protestors. The court had questioned how additional district magistrates were assessing damage to property and had said that this task had to be done by a judicial officer.On February 18, the Uttar Pradesh government told the court that it had withdrawn 274 notices asking protestors to pay damages, The Indian Express reported. A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant had directed the government to refund money that had been recovered through the...Read more

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