Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad under police custody

Bhim Army
chief Chandrashekhar Azad was taken into police custody from outside the Jama
Masjid of Delhi in the early hours on Saturday morning.

He was
inside the mosque in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

“We
have to make sacrifice so that the legislation is taken back. We do not support
violence. We were sitting inside the mosque since Friday morning and our people
were not involved in violence,” he said.

Azad gave
the Delhi Police a slip to reach Jama Masjid, said his name is ‘Azad’ and
police cannot hold him captive.

He told sources
that he sneaked into the Jama Masjid around 1:30 pm, wearing a skull cap and
wrapping himself in a long shawl to hide his identity.

The protest
will continue till Home Minister Amit Shah resigns, he said, adding he will
soon address the protesters at Jamia Millia Islamia.

In the
evening, Delhi Police resorted to lathi-charge and used water cannon to
disperse protesters near Delhi Gate as violence marked a march against the
Citizenship (Amendment) Act on Friday with stones being hurled on security
personnel.

At least 46
people were injured in the stone-pelting and police action.

Police also
said the protesters set a private car parked at Subhash Marg in Daryaganj on
fire. The fire was immediately doused with water and fire extinguishers.

The number
swelled at around 5pm to about 15,000 as per police estimates and they started
to break the cordon.