Anti-CAA Protests: UP Minister Kapil Dev Agarwal Refuses to Meet Families of Two Muslim Men Killed in Violence, Says 'Why Should I go to Home of Rioters?'
Uttar Pradesh minister Kapil Dev Agarwal sparked controversy when he reportedly refused to meet families of the two Muslim men who died in the violence during protests against Citizenship Amendment Act. The Uttar Pradesh Minister was on a visit to Bijnor to meet the families of the affected people in the violence
Bijnor, December 26: Uttar Pradesh minister Kapil Dev Agarwal sparked controversy when he reportedly refused to meet families of the two Muslim men who died in the violence during protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The Uttar Pradesh Minister was on a visit to Bijnor to meet the families of the affected people in the violence. When during a press conference he was asked the reason for not meeting the families of the two Muslim men, Agarwal said that why should he go to the home of rioters. Anti-CAA Protests: Students Resorting to Violence Are Not Leaders, Says Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat.
According to a report published in NDTV, the UP minister went to meet Om Raj Saini, who sustained bullet injuries during the violence that took place in the district's Nehtaur. During the media briefing he said that those who want to inflame passions are not part of the society and why should he go there. As per Om Raj’s family, he was shot at, allegedly with an illegal weapon of a rioter when he was returning from fields. Anti-CAA Protests in Delhi: Police Releases Visuals Claiming Protestors Torched DTC Bus and Motorcycle on December 15 (Watch Video).
The Muslim men who lost their lives in the violence are 20-year-old Suleman and 25-year-old Anas. Suleman was an IAS aspirant. As per NDTV, Suleman was killed in an alleged police firing. The local police told the media house, he was among the alleged rioters who opened fire at a cop from a country-made gun and was shot in self-defence. However, Suleman’s family denied these allegations.
A total of 21 people died in violence that erupted during anti-CAA protests in the state. The Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed in Parliament on December 11. The act provides Indian citizenship to non-Muslims migrants including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Parsis who are victims of religious persecution in the neighbouring Islamic countries.
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