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Though no protests have been planned in Lucknow today, the police is on alert ahead of Friday prayers, especially in the old city where the violence broke out on Thursday.
Schools and colleges in Lucknow are closed as a precautionary measure.
Mobile internet and SMS in all service providers except state-run BSNL have been suspended in Lucknow till Saturday noon. Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Kumar Awasthi issued an order on the internet suspension late Thursday night. "The order is effective from 3 pm on December 19 till 12 pm on December 21," he stated in the order.
The police used batons to quell protests at the protest site in Lucknow, where nearly 10 vehicles were set ablaze, and in the walled city. A bus was burned at Sambhal district. A protest also took place in Varanasi, the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Internet services have also been suspended in Ghaziabad near Delhi, Pilibhit, Sambhal, Bareilly and Meerut till Saturday midnight.
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