Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday met the family of Sadaf Jafar, the only woman who was arrested in Lucknow on December 19 during a protest against the amended citizenship law.

Sadaf, a well-known social activist in Lucknow and a Congress member, had gone live on social media at the protest site, Parivartan Chawk, showing how police and Rapid Action Force personnel stood watching as some people damaged public and private property.

Sadaf was beaten up at a police station before she was sent to jail, according to some Congress leaders who had met her after her arrest. Police have denied the allegation.

Priyanka met Sadaf’s young children and her sister Naheed Varma, who is also a social activist. “The two children of Sadaf are waiting for the release of their mother. This emotionless government has kept away children from their mothers and elders from their children,” the Congress general secretary tweeted later.

According to allegations made by local people, of the 150 people arrested since December 19 for “rioting”, at least a dozen were minors.

“The government has crossed all limits of inhumanity. Sadaf Jafar is clearly asking the police in the video to arrest those who were resorting to violence. The police implicated Sadaf in false cases and sent her to jail,” Priyanka tweeted.