Amethi: Eight people were arrested here for allegedly preparing to organise a procession without permission and raising slogans against the killing of Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, police said on Thursday, October 3.
The arrests were made on Wednesday night in the Jais police station area, Inspector Rajol Singh said.
Singh said he received information that some people gathered near the Naugji intersection were raising slogans in support of Nasrallah and preparing to take out a procession without permission.
The inspector said a similar procession was organised without permission earlier as well.
He added that on receiving the information, police personnel reached the spot and tried to convince the people not to hold a procession but failed.
Subsequently, to maintain peace and order, police arrested Ansar, Zeeshan, Syed Ahmed, Syed Azizul Hasnain, Naseem Haider, Tehzeeb, Badshah Anwar and Taufiq Hussain from the spot, Singh added.
The organiser of the protest was arrested on October 1, according to police.
The Hezbollah leader was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese capital on Saturday.
How Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah died
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah reportedly died during an Israeli airstrike on September 27, according to Israeli news outlet Channel 12. Nasrallah is believed to have suffocated from toxic gases after his secret bunker was demolished by 80 tons of “bunker-busting” bombs. His death marks a significant blow to Hezbollah amid ongoing tensions in the region.
The fatal airstrike, carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), involved 80 tons of “bunker-busting” bombs, powerful enough to penetrate Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s underground hideout. Israeli intelligence played a crucial role in pinpointing Hezbollah’s underground command center in Beirut, leading to the strike that reportedly killed Nasrallah.
Over the past 24 hours, Lebanon has suffered at least 46 deaths due to air raids. The aggressive retaliation from Israel is in response to Iran launching 200 missiles at them on Tuesday, though most of them were intercepted.
The bombing has killed more than 1,000 people, according to Lebanese health ministry figures, and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in a country already mired in economic and political crisis according to AFP.
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