Citizenship Act stir: Internet suspended in 21 UP districts, heavy security deployed across state

MEERUT: Security was mounted and patrolling intensified in sensitive areas across the state of Uttar Pradesh to ensure peace during Friday prayers in view of widespread violence by those protesting against the Citizenship Act.

3,500 personnel of central paramilitary forces and 12,000 jawans of the UP provincial armed constabulary (PAC) are on the job to maintain peace, UP DGP OP Singh said.

As a precautionary measure, Internet services that were resumed after nearly a week, were suspended again in Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar and Shamli.