UP: 29 arrested in a day for anti-CAA stir

ALLAHABAD: As many as 29 persons have been arrested by Pratapgarh police in a day on charges of rioting and obstructing highway in connection with Wednesday’s road blockade incident in Kunda.
A large group of anti-CAA protesters had on Wednesday blocked the Allahabad-Lucknow state highway for more than half an hour.
Following the incident, Kunda police lodged an FIR against 150 protesters on charges of obstructing highway and rioting under Sections 147, 148 and 149 of IPC and 7 CLA.
Pratapgarh SP Abhishek Singh told TOI claimed that police had identified 50 more persons involved in the incident.
during the road blockade on Wednesday, police reached the spot and tried to pursue protesters to withdraw. This resulted in a heated argument between the protesters and the police personnel. Police resorted to lathi charge when a group of protesters started pelting stones on them and the passing vehicles.