Anti-CAA protest: Yogendra Yadav detained

December 19, 2019 12:13

After historian and author, Ram Guha, the Delhi police have now detained activist and a vociferous critic of the government, Yogendra Yadav. The academic tweeted this image saying, "I have just been detained from Lal Qila. About a thousand protesters already detained. Thousands on the way. Am told we are being taken to Bawana. Shared heritage, shared martyrdom, shared citizenship."

Yadav was one of the key architects of the India Against Corruption movement spearheaded by Anna Hazare, which gave birth to the Aam Admi Party and now the government in Delhi.

The Delhi Police made 12 fresh arrests in connection with the violence during protests in the northeast part of the city against the amended Citizenship Act, officials said on Thursday. The police had arrested nine people on Tuesday and Wednesday in connection with the violence. Giving details of the arrests, officials said while 12 people were nabbed in connection with the violence and vandalism in Seelampur, five have been held for the Jafrabad case and four in the Dayal Pur cases.

Angry protesters demanding scrapping of the amended legislation had pelted police personnel with stones, torched several motorbikes and vandalised two police booths as well as three buses in Seelampur on Tuesday, leaving 21 people injured.

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