The Delhi Police with the help intelligence agencies have started investigating reasons behind the beginning of protests against the new citizenship law at Jamia Nagar. The Delhi Police point finger to location of the Popular Front of India's (PFI) headquarters in the vicinity of Shaheen Bagh, Okhla, Jamia Nagar, Batla House.
A criminal case has been registered against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan for allegedly inciting violence during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest. Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday booked the MLA after an FIR was registered at the Kotwali police station in Ghaziabad on December 18. "A case has been registered against the MLA under six different sections. A section of Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008 has also been added to it," Sudhir Kumar Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ghaziabad told IANS.
The Jamia Millia Islamia has submitted a fresh report to the HRD Ministry requesting a judicial inquiry into the entry of police on the university premises last Sunday. The varsity had earlier submitted reports in the matter on December 15-16.
Ladeeda Sakhaloon Farzana and Aysha Renna, became the face of anti-CAA protests on December 15 in Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi, are going extra miles to fight against the Citizenship Act.
The protest march was also attended by former JNUSU President and CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar. Students holding torches raised slogans like "Hai Jaan Se Pyaara Hindustan, Pyaara Pyaara Hindustan, Zindadil hai Hindustan, Protest Karega Hindustan, Nahi Jhukega Hindustan, Arey Gandhi Waala Hindustan... (India will not cow down, India will protest, India of Mahatma Gandhi will protest...)"
When the violence near the Jamia Nagar area and New Friends Colony was at its peak, Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik along with his subordinates was busy posing for the shutterbugs.
Two men who were apparently caught in the Jamia violence are being treated for "gunshot injuries" at Safdarjung Hospital here, sources said on Monday, but police insisted the wounds could be from the sharp end of tear gas shells.
Twenty-one-year-old Sahul Khan was inside the library preparing for a clerical exam when around 20 police personnel barged into it and "pounced" on the students. With polio in the right leg restricting his movement, Khan could barely stand up from the chair before a policeman hit him with a stick on the hands.
Actor Rajkummar Rao on Twitter shared his opinions on Jamia Millia Islamia protest and said that citizens have the right to peacefully protest.
A number of metro stations were closed in Delhi due to the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) decided to shut major metro stations including Central Secretariat which witnesses a huge rush on a daily basis.
Anger over the police crackdown in Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia and at the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act cascaded across many campuses in the country on Monday with politicians and civil society supporting the students to decry what they say is an unconstitutional law.
Delhi Police has clarified that the cops were actually dousing the fire rather than igniting it, as is being claimed on social media
Jamia Millia Islamia Vice-Chancellor Najma Akhtar, while addressing a press conference said the police entered the University campus without permission. "We will present all facts to the HRD Minister," Najma Akhtar said.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Tuesday pleas which have alleged police atrocities on students holding protests against the amended Citizenship Act at the Aligarh Muslim University and the Jamial Millia Islamia University in Delhi.
Hundreds of AMU students protesting against the amended Citizenship Act clashed with police on Sunday at a campus gate, leaving 60 injured.After the protest, the administration announced the closure of the university till January 5.
The Delhi Traffic Police said that vehicular movement was closed from Okhla Underpass to Sarita Vihar due to the anti CAB protests. Vehicles coming from Badarpur and Ashram Chowk were diverted to alternative routes due to blockade. According to an eyewitness, protestors broke glasses of a cluster bus carrying passengers and set it on fire. However, no one was injured.
The victim has been identified as Irfan BK, a first-year student, who was pursuing Master of Arts (Psychology) at the university. He hailed from Kerala, they said.
The date has been extended to October 10, according to a letter written by the varsity registrar to the resident commissioner, Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer asked the police to provide him security and facilitate his visit to the family.
Mohammad Aleem Syed, a law graduate from Jamia Milia Islamia, doing an apprenticeship with a lawyer here, in his plea said he had not received any information on his parents and brother in Kashmir since the intervening night of August 4-5.
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