Shock in Varanasi as 56 social activists charged with violent rioting – after a peaceful protest

Their families and friends are now scared of speaking to journalists.

A few members of the Joint Action Committee, Banaras Hindu University just got in touch with me. Many students of #BHU were arrested. For what?
Participating in a peaceful protest against the #CAA_NRC

#ReleaseBHUStudents #CAA_NRC #CAAProtests #VaranasiProtests #VaranasiAgainstCAA #VaranasiRejectsCAA #IndiaAgainstCAA #IndiaRejectsCAA #UttarPradesh

I hear very disturbing news from #Varanasi , a city very dear to me and it's many people I have known for the last so many years.

So many people were arrested and booked under serious offenses. 69 of them. Many of them who I have spent quality time in #Banaras

#CAA_NRC #CAAProtests #VaranasiProtests #VaranasiAgainstCAA #VaranasiRejectsCAA #IndiaAgainstCAA #IndiaRejectsCAA #UttarPradesh