In Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, we found CCTV footage showing police striking CCTV cameras with batons before screen goes blank.
Five men were killed by bullets in the area that day. Families accuse police. Police deny charges.
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Five men were killed by bullets in the area that day. Families accuse police. Police deny charges.
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One of the 5 who died in Meerut that day was Zaheer Ahmed, shot in the head as he was sitting next to a beedi shop.
“I don’t know who engaged in the violence, but my husband didn’t,” his wife said. “Why did they kill my innocent husband? How can they kill innocent people?”
“I don’t know who engaged in the violence, but my husband didn’t,” his wife said. “Why did they kill my innocent husband? How can they kill innocent people?”
Meerut city police superintendent told me police personnel were armed with AK-47 rifles, pistols, chilli bombs, tear gas guns, anti riot guns, pellet guns.
This is the mother of Asif, a rickshaw driver, who she said was returning home after Friday prayers when he was shot dead.
This is the mother of Asif, a rickshaw driver, who she said was returning home after Friday prayers when he was shot dead.
Aleem, who made rotis at a dhaba, was also shot dead in Meerut last Friday. This is his mother. Fuming with anger, she said: "I swear if I find that policeman I will not spare him."
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#CAAProtests #UttarPradesh #India
Day after Dec. 20 killings in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh police chief said: "Nowhere did the police resort to firing and not a single bullet was fired at the protesters." ndtv.com/india-news/cit…
Now, Meerut police tells me they did fire at protestors that day: in.reuters.com/article/india-…
Now, Meerut police tells me they did fire at protestors that day: in.reuters.com/article/india-…
Our full report on Meerut has police comment + details from police report where police say crowd of about 1,000 people was protesting that day. "Suddenly there was chaos when the crowd started pelting stones at us and firing at us,” it says. #UttarPradesh
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UPDATE: Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut have responded to my report that has footage showing them hitting CCTV cameras saying: ”There was a live wire outside the shop that police was removing.“ #CAAProtests #India
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Via @timesofindia: 'CCTV footages, purportedly showing policemen smashing CCTV cameras during clashes with anti CAA protestors in Meerut's Lisari Gate area on December 20, have put the department in a tight spot...UP police is yet to officially reply or debunk these allegations.'
