Anti-CAA protests: Death toll rises to 14 in Uttar Pradesh, security tightened

The number of people killed in the violence during protests on Friday against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Uttar Pradesh has risen to 14, with the highest in Meerut, officials and doctors said on Saturday. Five people were killed in Meerut, two each in Kanpur, Bijnore and Firozabad and one each in Muzaffarnagar, Sambhal and Varanasi. An eight-year-old boy was killed in Varanasi after a lathi-charge by police led to a stampede. The large-scale violence and arson erupted in several districts of the state soon after the Friday prayers despite a massive deployment of police and clampdown on internet. Officials said the clampdown on internet services was extended to seven more districts, taking the list to 21 in the state, till further orders.