Protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) near the Jaffrabad metro station in northeast Delhi have turned violent on today, i.e. Sunday evening as two groups of people clashed in Maujpur area.
A large number of people gathered in the area to demonstrate against CAA, but soon in the late afternoon, a clash erupted between the two fronts the pro CAA and anti-CAA protester ones in Maujpur.
Police fired tear gas shells as members of the two groups pelted stones at each other.
Tension also seems to have emerged in the area after a Shaheen Bagh-style protest started at Jaffrabad metro station in northeast Delhi with hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station which connects Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar.
The anti-CAA protest continued on Sunday, prompting the Delhi Metro authorities to close the entry and exit gates of the station.
The protesters stated that the protest is not only against the CAA and the NRC but they are also supporting the ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad over reservations in promotions on February 23.
Heavy security deployment is done in the area.
