Anti-CAA agitations hit Delhi: Protesters set buses on fire; police use tear gas
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: In protest against the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Bill passed by Parliament last week, protesters on Sunday clashed with police and also set 3 buses on fire in Delhi.
According to reports, protesters clash with cops in South Delhi's Friends Colony.
Delhi Traffic Police has closed vehicular movement from Okhla Underpass to Sarita Vihar due to the demonstration.
The city police also used tear gas and resorted to lathi-charges after protesters broke cars and set at least three buses on fire. Cops have been deployed in large numbers to ensure security.
It was also reported that the protestors also attacked 4 fire engines in which one fireman was injured.
Protests also led to blocked tracts of the Delhi-Mathura Road, which is opposite the colony, while traffic from Badarpur and Ashram Chowk has been diverted.
The agitating students said that the government is bringing such laws to target Muslims. The government wants to make Muslims second class citizens.
Although the Jamia Millia Islamia has declared winter vacation, but today students along with locals are protesting on the streets.
Meanwhile, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal urged people to maintain calm.
No one shud indulge in violence. Any kind of violence is unacceptable. Protests shud remain peaceful. https://t.co/CUiaGLb9YY
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 15, 2019
Acording to media reports, several students have been detained by the police.
TV visuals showed Jamia Milia Islamia University students were marching out of the campus witht their hands up.
Meanwhile, denying any role in today's protest, Jamia Millia Islamia students's body stated that no student from their varsity participated in the agitation against Citizenship Amendment Bill, passed by Parliament earlier this week, which aimed to provide Indian citizenship to Hindu immigrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
"No Jamia student is involved in the violence happening on the streets of Delhi. These are fringe inciting violence in the garb of Jamia students," Jamia Students Union and Administration said.
"Also, Metro has shut entry and exit at 5 stations--- Sukhdev Vihar, Jamia Millia Islamia, Okhla Vihar and Jasola Vihar, Shaheen Bagh. Trains will not be halting at these stations," according to reports.
According to reports, amid protests in several areras of Delhi, private and public schools in Okhla, Jamia, New Friends Colony, Madanpur Khadar will remain shut on Monday.
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