KSU activists’ arrest sparks tension in Meghalaya amidst murder probe
Police asserted that the arrests were based on substantial evidence, witness accounts, and data collected from the crime scene.
Police asserted that the arrests were based on substantial evidence, witness accounts, and data collected from the crime scene.
Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal are the founding members of Pinjra Tod group (Break the cage), a movement for women's rights especially the college students, which began against the disciplinary curfew timings for the hostelers.
Asif's arrest comes after Delhi Police arrested 27-year-old Jamia Scholar Safoora Zargar last month, who is now in the second trimester of her pregnancy.
The Chief Justice asked the UP government if it was not encroaching on personal space and liberty of citizens and expressed hope that the administration will take corrective measures before the hearing begins.
A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and IS Mehta directed the authorities to preserve the DNA samples of all the bodies and not dispose of any unidentified body till the next date of hearing.
According to the new law, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, till December 31, 2014, facing religious persecution there, will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship.
On December 15 last year, police barged in the Jamia campus in the hunt for the protesters who were protesting outside the varsity campus against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The protesters were believed to be Jamia students, however, the investigation reports stated differently.
On Wednesday night, while traveling by an Uber cab, he was discussing protests against the CAA with a friend on phone. Overhearing the chat, the cab driver summoned policemen and urged them to arrest Sarkar. Sarkar was taken to a police station and allowed to leave after an inquiry.
Maurya's remarks came on the opposition's complaint to the Election Commission on UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "divisive speeches".
Controversial legislator Som from Sardhana is known for making fiery statements and inviting controversies. He is also an accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots case of 2013.
