Many injured in violent clash between Jamia students, cops over CAB protest

The Jamia Millia Islamia University turned into a battlefield on Friday after police and students, who wanted to march to Parliament House to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act, clashed with each other prompting AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan to reach the spot to take stock of the situation.

Forty-two students were detained following a violent clash between police and students after the protestors were stopped at the varsity gate and prevented from carrying out their march.

According to police, 12 police personnel were injured and two of them with relatively serious injuries are under observation in ICU.

The University administration said around 100 students sustained injuries in the clash and around a dozen students were seriously injured.

Police said they had to resort to use of tear gas as the protesters broke barricades and indulged in stone pelting.

The students, who were baton-charged by police personnel, alleged that the police used tear gas to quell their march.

Police claimed that some students