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Named, shamed, and living in worry: On Lucknow anti-CAA demonstrations and the implicated

Named, shamed, and living in worry: On Lucknow anti-CAA demonstrations and the implicated
Now, cops banners in Lucknow show anti-CAA protesters accused of violence

Those noted have actually been asked to cumulatively pay 1.56 crore as great to the government or risk confiscation of their home. The amount was divided under 4 police headquarters areas which saw violence: Qaiserbagh (1.75 lakh), Hasanganj (2176 lakh), Hazratganj (6437 lakh) and Thakurganj (6773 lakh). Even as the accused were attempting to recover from the shock of receiving the notification, the administration intensified matters in a remarkable fashion on March 5, when, under the cover of the night, it put up around 100 big roadside hoardings at essential parts of the city, showcasing the names, pictures and domestic addresses of the accused. The hoardings did not point out that they were yet to be founded guilty of the charge by any court and nearly all of them were out on bail. The intent of the U.P. federal government was clear: Cabinet Minister and government spokesperson Sidharth Nath Singh tweeted, “Name and Shame of rioters will put a deterrent under Yogi rule”.

Scarred by the episode, Osama, a third-year B.Com student, declined to be interviewed. Yasmin told Osama’s experience on December 19 Till 2 p.m., she stated, he was hanging out with his buddies in the lane outside his house, after which he ventured out towards a stationery shop, the family uninformed of the violence going on some range away. He took shelter in a home in the area to leave the violence however was caught by the police as they came looking for other members of the mob.

Nevertheless, the Extra District Magistrate found no merit in Osama’s claim that he had ventured out 2 km from his home when all the stores were shut. On that day, the police were asking the protesters through the general public address system to go back to their houses, as prohibitory orders had been implemented. “It’s not possible that a peace-loving person will venture out to buy stationery near the protest site,” said the recovery order versus Osama, one among the numerous accessed by The Hindu However, there was no mention in the order of any direct proof, be it a picture or a video, of Osama’s participation in the violence besides his circumstantial presence.

Yasmin was troubled. Not just did Osama miss out on an assessment due to his detention, but after marching on bail, he has had to fight the preconception brought by the name-and-shame hoardings. Osama hesitates to participate in college functions nowadays as he is flooded with curious call and haunted by taunting videos shared by his peers on Tik Tok of the hoardings, Yasmin stated.

‘ Call and shame’ posters

The charred remains of a motorbike and the damaged railing of the park housing the tomb of Sadaat Ali Khan and his wife at the Parivartan Chowk in Lucknow, which witnessed the worse damage.

The charred remains of a motorbike and the harmed railing of the park real estate the tomb of Sadaat Ali Khan and his better half at the Parivartan Chowk in Lucknow, which witnessed the worse damage.

At the end of all of it, the worst-affected website was Parivartan Chowk, where a number of motorcycles, three OB vans and a State bus were gutted, as evildoers, a lot of them with their faces covered with handkerchiefs, threw stones and presumably set fire to the cars parked at the location. The Lucknow administration approximated the overall damages at 1.56 crore, of which 1.02 crore was for damage to vehicles alone, most of them belonging to the police and other government bodies. All liability was repaired under the principle of joint and several liabilities, suggesting th

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