Covid-19: Delhi Police removed Anti-CAA protestors from Shaheen Bagh

Team Udayavani, Mar 24, 2020, 6:10 PM IST

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Tuesday, cleared the Shaheen Bagh protesting site where people were protesting CAA amid the coronavirus lockdown in the national capital.

It is said that, a total of nine protesters including six women were detained at Shaheen Bagh and taken to a nearby police station.

The protestors were protesting in the site for over three months to protest the newly amended Citizenship Act.

Only a few women protesters were present at the Shaheen Bagh site while the others had left and kept only their slippers to show solidarity.

People were requested to vacate the site as a lockdown has been imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, action was taken when refused to move. It is said about 50 protesters including men were at the venue in Shaheen Bagh.

That is not it, other protest sites in the national capital including Jafrabad in northeast Delhi, Turkman Gate in central Delhi and Hauz Rani in south Delhi too were cleared by the police.

The move comes two days after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a complete lockdown in the national capital till March 31 in order to control the spread of coronavirus.

Most of the protestors had left the site since the lockdown, but only a few remained continuing with their demand asking the Centre to repeal the controversial citizenship law.