More than 100 activists protesting against a new citizenship law were injured in New Delhi as they clashed with police who used tear gas and baton charges to disperse demonstrators. More here: by DevjyotGhoshal adnanabidi
NEW DELHI - More than 100 activists protesting against a new Indian citizenship law were injured in New Delhi on Sunday as they clashed with police who used tear gas and baton charges to disperse demonstrators at a major university.
Sunday was the fifth straight day of protests across the country against the law enacted earlier this month, and the third day running in the capital. “Many of them have fracture injuries. We are running out of plaster of paris for casts,” said Inamul Hassan, an official at the Alshifa Hospital located near the university, adding more than 80 people with injuries had been brought to the hospital.
He added that police entered the campus to maintain order and that six officers had been wounded in the clashes. Student Tehreem Mirza said students took shelter in the library after police on the campus fired tear gas.The protests have raged particularly in some eastern states such as Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, where resentment toward Bangladeshi immigrants has persisted for decades.
The Congress party in turn slammed Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party on Twitter saying, the government “has failed at its duty to maintain peace in the nation.”
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