A Delhi Transport Corporation bus that was torched during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act on Sunday in Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

The protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act took a violent turn on Sunday evening as students of Jamia Millia Islamia University continued their protest and started a march from their university in South Delhi. The Delhi Police fired teargas shells and lathicharged the protesting students. Clashes were seen between the Delhi Police and protesters and some buses of the Delhi transport Corporation were set ablaze. One fire tender was rushed to the spot to control the fire. Two firemen are reported to have been injured.

The Delhi Police also entered the university campus to quell the protest. An official from Jamia Millia Islamia University said the cops beat up staff and students.

Police have entered the campus by force, no permission was given. Our staff and students are being beaten up and forced to leave the campus, Waseem Ahmed Khan, Chief Proctor, Jamia Millia Islamia University, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

The protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act has been going on in Jamia Millia for the past few days and intensified today. The students have been protesting against the new citizenship law and say it is discriminatory in nature and violates the Constitution.

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Bushra Sheikh, a journalist with BBC told ANI that she was harassed by the cops and her hair were pulled. I came here for BBC's coverage. The police took away my phone and broke it. A male cop pulled my hair. They hit me with a baton and when I asked them for my phone, they hurled abuses at me. I didn't come here for fun. I came here for coverage, she said.

Owing to the ongoing situation in and around Jamia Milia Islamia University, the Delhi Metro said it has decided to prevent halting of trains at stations that are in close proximity to the university. These include stations like Sukhdev Vihar, Jamia Millia Islamia, Okhla Vihar and Jasola Vihar.

Entry and exit gates of Sukhdev Vihar, Jamia Millia Islamia, Okhla Vihar and Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations, a Delhi Metro official told PTI. The decision was taken following an advice received from the Delhi Police.

The Delhi Police has closed traffic movement from Okhla Underpass to Sarita Vihar due to demonstrations in Jamia Milia Islamia University. Kindly avoid this road. Mathura Road opposite New Friends Colony both carriageways, have also been blocked by demonstrators, news agency ANI quoted police officials as saying.

Meanwhile, the Jamia Teachers Association has appealed to students to keep away from "direction-less" protest led by local political leaders. Earlier in the day, the BJP alleged that he Aam Aadmi Party leaders in the area are trying to fan the protest a charge rejected by the latter.

The students of Jamia Millia have also distanced themselves from the violence and arson saying it was done by outsiders. A group of Jamia students have also issued a statement saying they have time and again maintained that their protests are peaceful and non-violent.

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