NEW DELHI – Passions are running high in India against the controversialCitizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) that was recently passed by thegovernment entitling illegal non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan,and Afghanistan who entered India before 2015 to apply for Indiancitizenship.
Protests and demonstrationslinkledby millennials against the Act is coupled with the implementation of theNational Register of Citizens (NRC) requiring Indians to prove theirethnicity.
India’s Rapid Action Force has filed a complaint against 1,000 unnamedstudents from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in the state of UttarPradeshlinkoncharges of violence, property damage, and violation of prohibitory orders.
The Rapid Action Force is India’s special wing of the Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) trained to control crowd situations and riots in thecountry.
The protests in AMU were triggered after students at the prestigious NewDelhi college Jamia Milia were allegedly physically assaulted by the policeduring a “peaceful” anti-CAA rally.
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“An FIR in this regard was filed on 23 December by RAF (Royal AirforceCommander) commandant Punit Kumar”, the reports quoted SeniorSuperintendent of Police Aakash Kulahari as saying.
Earlier on Tuesday, 1,200 unnamed staff and students from AMU ended up inhot water for taking part in a candle light march as a tribute to all thepeople who lost their lives in light of the ongoing protestslink in India.
Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) of 1973 prohibits theassembly of more than four people in a public place. The law entitles any“unlawful assembly” within the curfew area to be booked for engaging ortriggering a riot, Sputnik has reported.
