Topic: UP police

The families of five Muslim youth who were arrested by Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) over “al-Qaeda module”, have outrightly denied the allegations made by the investigation agency and maintained that their kin are being falsely framed as terrorists with no firm evidence against them, demanding an immediate release of all the 'wrongfully arrested.'

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH), the prominent organisation and Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), a civil rights advocacy group have said they will provide legal assistance to Muslim youth arrested in Uttar Pradesh for their alleged connection with an "al-Qaeda module".

In an open letter, the bureaucrats highlighted Uttar Pradesh’s use of criminal charges to crush dissent including the anti-CAA movements, extrajudicial killings in the state, misuse of anti-conversion laws against Muslims and other minority communities, legitimisation of vigilantes and shortcomings in COVID-19 management.

Committee to Protect Journalists has urged Uttar Pradesh government authorities to drop their criminal investigations into journalists Nidhi Suresh, Manoj Shukla, and Yashwant Singh, and cease harassing members of the press over their work.

Adil Naeem, 30 year old resident of Qazipara in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor has been arrested Friday by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UPSTF) for taking part in anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in Bijnor two years back.

Two BJP workers were arrested and six police officers were suspended in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district on Friday in connection with poll violence and the molestation of two Samajwadi Party's women cadres.