India, July 12 -- A protest by activists, student leaders and others was held at Jantar Mantar on Saturday, demanding the release of people arrested in connection with a workers' agitation in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, this April over better wages that had turned violent.

The protest was organised by a human rights advocacy group - Campaign for the Release of Workers and Activists of Noida (CaRWAN) - marking three months since the arrest. Protesters held placards and photographs of those arrested, alleging the arrests were "illegal and baseless".

"The UP police's 4,000 pages of four charge sheets are a bundle of lies. The allegations are baseless, backed by zero evidence," alleged Keshav Anand, a member of CaRWAN and brother of an accused ar...