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Citizenship Act stir: Violence rocks Delhi; buses torched, 60 injured

BJP blamed the Aam Aadmi Party for the violence and demanded it stop "provoking people", but the AAP rejected the charge

A bus set ablaze during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at Mathura Road, New Delhi. Photo: PTI
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A bus set ablaze during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at Mathura Road, New Delhi. Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India
Protesters torched four public buses and two police vehicles on Sunday as they clashed with police in south Delhi’s New Friends’ Colony near Jamia Millia Islamia university during a demonstration against the amended Citizenship Act, leaving six cops and two firemen injured, officials said.
 
The trouble started during a protest by students of Jamia university. But a students’ body later said they had nothing to do with the violence and arson and alleged that “certain elements” had joined in and “disrupted” the demonstration. Soon after the violence, Jamia Millia Islamia Chief Proctor Waseem Ahmed Khan claimed that the Delhi