Violence rocks south Delhi during anti-citizenship law protest, buses torched, 40 injured

Protestors torched four public buses and two police vehicles as they clashed with police in New Friends' Colony near Jamia university during a demonstration against the amended Citizenship Act, leaving at least 40 people including students, policemen and fire fighters injured, officials said.

The trouble started during a protest by students of Jamia Millia Islamia, which was gripped by tension as police later entered the campus and detained several persons allegedly involved in the violence.

But a Jamia students' body claimed they had nothing to do with the violence and arson and alleged that "certain elements" had joined in and "disrupted" the demonstration.

Later in the evening, students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) held a protest outside the Police Headquarters in central Delhi against the police action at Jamia university and the standoff continued till late in the night.

Commuters faced a harrowing time as traffic was thrown out of gear for several hours in the areas ...