These Are the 25 People Killed During Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act Protests
New Delhi: Twenty-five people have reportedly
lost their lives in the ongoing protests against the recently
passed Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) and the proposed nationwide
National Register of Citizens. Most of the deaths have been reported in Uttar
Pradesh (UP) after police allegedly fired on protestors. Though protests have
been organised in almost all states across the country, deaths have been
reported in only Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states. Activists allege that
huge gatherings in other states have been peaceful and without any incidents of
violence, accusing the BJP of disproportionate police action on protestors.
December 12: Five deaths in Assam: Five people succumbed to bullet injuries in Assam after the
police reportedly opened fire on protesters who had taken to the streets
defying Section 144, imposed in the state after parliament passed the disputed
CAA on December 11. Those who succumbed to bullet injuries include Sam
Stafford, a 17-year-old boy, and 19-year-old Dipanjal Das, who was declared
the “first martyr” of the anti-CAA movement in Assam.
Stafford was a musician who would have taken his school
leaving exams this year. He was on his way back home in Hatigaon after joining
a protest demonstration at Latasil Field when a bullet hit his face. He died on
the spot. Das, a resident of Chaygaon, succumbed to bullet wounds at
Lachit Nagar. He was also on his way home when a bullet hit his abdomen, he
died on the way to Guwahati Medical College. Das worked as a canteen cook at
the District Sainik Welfare Board, a government body that works for soldiers
employed by the Indian Army.... https://thewire.in/rights/anti-caa-protest-deaths
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