Anti-CAA protesters attack buses in Nanded, Beed in Maharashtra

Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act on Friday (December 20) turned violent in Beed, Nanded and Parbhani districts of central Maharashtra with mobs throwing stones at State Transport (ST) buses, the police said.

No injuries were reported. Officials said the situation was brought under control and that police have been deployed in large numbers in areas where there were clashes.

At Ambajogai in Beed district, over 380 km from Mumbai, protesters threw stones at ST buses at the Yashwantrao Chavan Chowk, leaving window panes of buses shattered, police officials said.

The police managed to disperse the stone-pelters and the situation is now under control, they added.

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Protesters also damaged a bus outside Nanded railway station, which is over 570 km from Mumbai. Following the incident, bus services in the area were suspended for a while, an official said.

In Parbhani, protesters pelted a fire brigade vehicle with stones on Vasmat Road, a police official said.

The state police took to Twitter to appeal to people not to believe “malicious and fake” content on social media and not to spread rumours.