The protests against a new Citizenship Law spreads across the country

The protests against a new citizenship law are spreading
across the country and the national capital was also singed. The epicentre was
Jamia Milia Islamia University where three days of peaceful demonstration
against the law, passed by Parliament last week, tunred tragically into chaos
on Sunday afternoon.

The protesters enlightened four buses and two police
vehicles as they clashed with cops in New Friends Colony, near the university,
during a demonstration against the newly enacted law on Sunday.

Leaving nearly 60 people including students, cops and fire fighters got injured in this chaos. Police used batons and teargas shells to disperse the violent mob, but denied firing at them.

Seeing the situation, police came into action and entered
the Jamia university campus, where tension increased as several people were
detained for alleged involvement in the violence.

The students claimed that the police fired tear gas inside
the university’s library and beat up protesters before sealing all campus
gates.

In the violence and stone pelting, several policemen were
injured, including southeast district DCP, Additional Deputy Commissioner of
police (South), two Assistant Commissioner of Police, five Station House
Officers, inspectors and other police personnel. Among them, Head Constable
Maqsool Ahmad is admitted in ICU with severe head injuries.

Jamia Millia Islamia Chief Proctor Waseem Ahmed Khan claimed
the Delhi Police entered the campus forcibly without permission and beat up
staffers and students, who were forced to leave the campus. As many as 50
students were detained, but were released around 3.30am on Monday.

On Sunday night, hundreds had gathered outside the Delhi
Police headquarters at ITO demanding the release of detained students.

The AMU is
shut for the winter break, which has been extended by a week. It will now
reopen on January 6, 2020.