Vehicles Burnt, Police Tear-Gas Citizenship Law Protesters In UP's Mau | Read

Prohibitory orders were imposed in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district today after protesters burnt vehicles, threw stones at policemen amid clashes over the new citizenship law. Cops resorted to use of tear gas shells and lathi-charged the agitators. Visuals showed cops trying to douse flames at the police station in Mirza Hadipura area after the protesters demonstrating against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which was cleared last week by parliament, tried to set a portion of the police station on fire. Several vehicles were also set ablaze by the agitators as they took to streets.