Protesters torched four public buses and two police vehicles as they clashed with the police near Jamia Millia Islamia, during a demonstration against the amended Citizenship Act.
As
many as 50 students, who were detained during protests at the Jamia
Millia Islamia University in Delhi on Sunday, were released in
the early hours of Monday, police said.
Of
the 50 students, 35 were released from the Kalkaji police station and
15 from the New Friends Colony police station, a senior police
officer said.
Earlier
on Sunday night, the Delhi Minority Commission (DMC) issued a
direction to the SHO of Kalkaji Police Station to release the
"injured" Jamia students held there or take them for
treatment at a reputed hospital without any delay.
The
commission also directed the officer to file a compliance report by 3
pm on Monday.
In
the order, DMC Chairman Zafarul Islam Khan said failure to implement
it will attract appropriate action.
Protesters
torched four public buses and two police vehicles as they clashed
with the police in New Friends Colony, near Jamia Millia Islamia,
during a demonstration against the amended Citizenship
Act on Sunday, leaving nearly 60 people including students, cops
and fire fighters injured.
Police
used batons and teargas shells to disperse the violent mob, but
denied firing at them. However, videos of purported police firing,
injured students in the university bathroom as well as footage of
them bleeding emerged on the social media.
But
Delhi Police refuted reports of any casualty during the clashes.
Following
the arson on roads, police entered the Jamia university campus, where
tension prevailed as several persons were detained for alleged
involvement in the violence.
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