One held for clash during anti-CAA stir

Kanpur: Police arrested one more person on Saturday for fanning violence in the city during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in the month of December.
Police identified the accused as Aqeel, who had sustained gunshot wounds in his leg on December 20 following violence in the Babupurwa area during protests against the CAA. "He was named in an FIR lodged in the aftermath of violence at Babupurwa police station. After attaining normalcy following treatment, he was evading police arrest. Acting on a tip-off, we arrested Aqeel today," said SP (East) Raj Kumar Agarwal.
To recall, police had arrested two people on February 6 for fanning violence in the city during protests against the CAA in December.
A massive protest took place in the city's Babupurwa and Yateemkhana areas on December 20 and 21. Police had to resort to force and open fire in the air to disperse the crowd. Three protesters died of bullet injuries in the violence on December 20 in the Babupurwa area.