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Protests against CAA: 65 arrested for violence

350 people have been booked

PTI Ghaziabad Published 22.12.19, 06:19 AM
Former MLA Zakir Ali is among those booked for violence

Former MLA Zakir Ali is among those booked for violence (Shutterstock)

Sixty-five people were arrested and 350, including a former legislator, booked in Ghaziabad for allegedly spreading violence over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), police said on Saturday.

A special drive has been launched to nab miscreants resorting to violence and pelting stones on police during protests, they said.

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More than 65 people have been arrested and FIRs registered against 350 anti-social elements, senior superintendent of police Sudhir Kumar Singh told PTI.

An FIR has been also lodged against former Loni MLA Zakir Ali, he added.

Singh said miscreants have been identified and will be arrested soon.

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