Amid reports of mass detainment of anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters in Uttar Pradesh, the arrest of UP Congress media spokesperson and a former teacher Sadaf Jafar has attracted attention for the manner in which she was picked up and then allegedly beaten by the Police.

Meanwhile, UP court rejected Jafar’s bail plea on Monday, 23 December, stating that “the offences under which she has been booked are serious in nature and she is not entitled to bail.”