2 weeks ago
Congress leaders, students detained ahead of Amit Shah's Alwar visit
A very important government leader named Amit Shah was going to visit a city called Alwar in India.
Before he arrived, the police took some people away and held them at a police station.
The people who were taken are members of a political group called Congress, and some of them were students.
One of the Congress leaders, named Balram Yadav, was having a meal at a hotel when the police came and took him and his helpers.
The Congress group says about two dozen people were taken, but the police say only seven or eight people were taken.
Everyone was brought to a police station in a town called Khairthal.
Hundreds of Congress workers gathered outside the police station to show that they were angry about this.
Nobody is exactly sure how many people were taken because the two groups tell different stories.
Rajasthan Police detained Congress leaders and some students ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Alwar on Sunday.
Congress claimed around two dozen party leaders and students were detained, while police said only 7-8 persons were detained.
Khairthal Tijara district Congress president Balram Yadav was detained with supporters at a hotel on Saturday afternoon.
Detainees were brought to Khairthal police station on Sunday morning, according to Congress worker Ramniwas.
Hundreds of party workers gathered at the police station to protest the detentions.
- Who
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah; Congress leaders and students detained by Rajasthan Police, including Khairthal Tijara district president Balram Yadav.
- What
- Rajasthan Police detained Congress leaders and students before Amit Shah's visit to Alwar, and Congress workers protested the detentions.
- Where
- A hotel in Khairthal and Khairthal police station, in Alwar district, Rajasthan.
- When
- Amit Shah's visit was scheduled for Sunday; Balram Yadav was detained on Saturday afternoon, and detainees were brought to the police station on Sunday morning.
- Why
- The detentions happened ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Alwar; Congress workers called the detentions unjust and protested at the police station.
Congress account
Police account
Number of people detained
Congress account
Around two dozen party leaders and students are under detention at Khairthal police station.
Police account
Only 7-8 persons were detained.
Key facts
- State
- Rajasthan, India
- Event
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Alwar
- Detainees
- Congress leaders and students
- Number detained per Congress
- Around two dozen
- Number detained per police
- 7-8 persons
- Key detainee
- Balram Yadav, Khairthal Tijara district Congress president
- Detention site
- Khairthal police station
- Protest
- Hundreds of party workers gathered at the police station
Quotes
Ramniwas
Congress worker who reported the detentions
“Around two dozen party workers and students are under detention at the Khairthal police station.”
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