NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, DEC 16
The Delhi police released all the students of Jamia Millia Islamia who were detained on Friday and Sunday, a police PRO release said.
The students of Jamia Millia Islamia clashed with the police as police used force to break the protest near the university.
Viral videos on Twitter showed protesters pelting stones at buses and towards the police. Fire fighting team that arrived to douse the fire was also attacked by the protesters. The demonstrations were held to protest against the recently passed Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
The Citizenship Act aims to provide for Indian citizenship to the Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after six years of residence in India instead of the current mandatory stay of 11 years even if they do not possess any document. Several critics have claimed that the act actively discriminates against Muslims, a claim which has been refuted by the central government.
