Police have denied permission to Chandrashekhar Azad-led Bhim Army to take out a protest march on Friday from Jama Masjid to Jantar Mantar against the amended citizenship law.
The march is expected to see participation of students from Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia.
Prohibitory orders under CrPC Section 144 are in place near the Red Fort area since Thursday, prohibiting assembly of four or more people.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has closed three metro stations in view of the protests in the national capital against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
'Entry and exit gates of Chawri Bazar, Lal Quila and Jama Masjid are closed. Trains will not halt at these stations,' the DMRC tweeted.
Security Update
— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) December 20, 2019
Entry & exit gates of Chawri Bazar, Lal Quila and Jama Masjid are closed. Trains will not be halting at this station.
Thousands of students, activists and Opposition leaders hit the streets in the national capital on Thursday, defying heavy security clampdown and prohibitory orders even as authorities suspended mobile Internet services and restricted traffic movement to quell the swirling agitation.
Opposition leaders D. Raja, Sitaram Yechury, Nilotpal Basu, Brinda Karat, Ajay Maken, Sandeep Dikshit and activists Yogendra Yadav, Umar Khalid were among over 1,200 people detained from areas around Red Fort and Mandi House — the sites of the two planned demonstrations.
