Uttar Pradesh has seen the most violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. More than 15 people have died during these demonstrations here.
According to the report of the Indian Express, 14 of the 16 people who died died of bullet injuries. A senior police officer has confirmed this from the newspaper.
Of the remaining two, Rashid died in Firozabad due to a head injury and in Varanasi eight-year-old Mohammad Sagir died due to a stampede.
People have died due to bullet injuries and they have been identified as such. Mohammed Vakil (32 years) in Lucknow, Aftab Alam (22 years) and Mohammad Saif (25 years) in Kanpur, Anas (21 years) and Solomon (35 years) in Bijnor, Bilal (24 years) and Mohammad Shehroz (23 years) In Sambhal, Zaheer (33 years), Asif (20 years) and Arif (20 years) in Meerut, Nabi Jahan (24 years) in Firozabad and Faiz Khan (24 years) in Rampur.
Police have said that they have handed over the bodies of the 15 dead to their families after the post-mortem. When the Indian Express contacted these families, four families said that they were still waiting for the post-mortem report.
The newspaper writes that on the one hand the family believes that their loved ones died from the police bullet, while the police is saying that these bullets were fired by the protesters.
According to the report of the Indian Express, 14 of the 16 people who died died of bullet injuries. A senior police officer has confirmed this from the newspaper.
Of the remaining two, Rashid died in Firozabad due to a head injury and in Varanasi eight-year-old Mohammad Sagir died due to a stampede.
People have died due to bullet injuries and they have been identified as such. Mohammed Vakil (32 years) in Lucknow, Aftab Alam (22 years) and Mohammad Saif (25 years) in Kanpur, Anas (21 years) and Solomon (35 years) in Bijnor, Bilal (24 years) and Mohammad Shehroz (23 years) In Sambhal, Zaheer (33 years), Asif (20 years) and Arif (20 years) in Meerut, Nabi Jahan (24 years) in Firozabad and Faiz Khan (24 years) in Rampur.
Police have said that they have handed over the bodies of the 15 dead to their families after the post-mortem. When the Indian Express contacted these families, four families said that they were still waiting for the post-mortem report.
The newspaper writes that on the one hand the family believes that their loved ones died from the police bullet, while the police is saying that these bullets were fired by the protesters.
