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Firozabad: In large-scale violence that engulfed many parts of Uttar Pradesh during protests against the citizenship law two weeks ago, 21 people died, many others including police personnel were injured and there was large-scale destruction of government and private property, also allegedly by the police personnel who were accused of clamping down in an arbitrary manner.


After the violence subsided, the local police sent out notices to at least 200 people asking them to prove they would not be a threat to peace in the area. The move comes after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's promise of action on protests - "We will take badla (revenge) on them," he had said last month.

One such notice served is in the name of Banne Khan, who died six years ago at the age of 94.

Two other men in their 90s - 93-year-old Fasahat Meer Khan who has been bedridden for months and 90-year-old Sufi Ansar Hussain, who is suffering from pneumonia and has just returned from a Delhi hospital after his treatment, have also received similar notices.