Hyderabad, Jan. 28 -- Mild tension prevailed at Mehdipatnam after police lathicharge protesters who were demonstrating peacefully against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

In the protest which took place on Mehdipatnam road, near the bus stop, not only youths but also burqa-clad women, girls participated. They were holding placards against the controversial law.

Cops force protesters to end demonstration

Soon, police reached the spot

and forced protesters to end their demonstration. Upon refusal, cops resorted

to lathicharge.

One of the protesters, Nadia Khan of Towlichowki who was at the forefront of the protest suffered wrist pain and allegedly received bone fracture. Later, she was...