New Delhi, December 17: Angry protesters demanding scrapping of the amended citizenship law torched several motorbikes, pelted stones at police and damaged public buses in Northeast Delhi’s Seelampur area on Tuesday, in fresh violence in the national capital.
Plumes of smoke billowed from at least two localities.
Police said two bikes of traffic cops were burnt by the demonstrators, adding a police booth in the area was damaged.
A large number of policemen were deployed following the violence.
Police said the protesters were marching from Seelampur towards Jafrabad.
Demonstrators gather behind a police barricade during a protest against a new citizenship law and to show solidarity with the students of the Jamia Millia Islamia University after police entered the university campus on Sunday following a protest against the law, in Seelampur area of Delhi, India, on December 17, 2019.
According to a senior police officer, the protest began at around 12 pm. The protesters raised slogans against the new law as well as the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Clashes erupted between police and protesters at Seelampur Chowk when the security personnel tried to stop them from moving ahead.
According to a senior police officer, the protest began at around 12 pm. The protesters raised slogans against the new law as well as the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The clashes erupted two days after violence broke out during a protest in the New Friends area in South Delhi near Jamia Millia Islamia. PTI
