TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ Former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has alleged that police damaged private property during anti-CAA protests in UP and demanded an inquiry into police excesses and compensation for those affected. Speaking to reporters in Lucknow, the Samajwadi Party chief said that the BJP government in the state wants to terrorise people in the name of action against anti-CAA protesters and seeks to create a divide in the society.
“CCTV footage shows police ransacking houses, breaking CCTV cameras and damaging public property. When will the government order a probe into the damage done by the police and provide compensation to the people?” Yadav said. He said, “BJP is fearful of Hindu-Muslim unity in the country and trying to rip up the social fabric by raising issues like the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
However, OP Singh,UP DGP (pictured) said the law and order situation was absolutely under control. “We continue to have strategic deployment of forces and Special Investigation Teams have been formed to investigate cases. “We have suspended internet services in 21 districts and they will be restored as and when the situation demands it. “We are not touching innocents and we will not spare people who were involved in it (violence). And that is the reason we have arrested active members of many organisations, whether it is PFI or any other political parties.”
