Three people died of injuries sustained in intensifying protests against a new citizenship law in India yesterday with thousands taking to the streets nationwide in defiance of temporary bans on publi
c gatherings.
College students, academics, minority Muslim groups and opposition parties have been prominent in an escalating series of street protests now in their second week. In the financial capital Mumbai, more than 5,000 protesters gathered yesterday evening, forcing the police to impose traffic restrictions.
Angry mobs in Lucknow set fire to dozens of motorcycles and cars, four media broadcast vans and three buses, police said. A senior home ministry official said maintaining law and order was a state responsibility but reserve forces were ready to provide immediate assistance. In Bengaluru, Ramchandra Guha, a respected historian and intellectual, was taken away by police along with several other professors, according to an aide. “I am protesting non-violently, but look, they are stopping us,” he said.
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