Protest continues third day at Jamia University..

New Delhi, Dec 18 (HS): The protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) continued for the third consecutive day outside the Jamia Milia University on Wednesday.

The protestors including students and local residents, mainly from the Muslim community,  covered the long boundaries of Jamia Millia Islamia, shouted slogans against Home Minister Amit Shah, the government and the police and demanding the withdrawal of CAA.

They hung a large map of India outside the varsity gate number 7 showing the places where students from other universities across the country are carrying out protests against the CAA.

People from nearby areas and students started gathering outside gate number 7 around 10:30 am today.

A social activist Medha Patkar termed CAA as a “Citizen amendment act.” She asked the students to follow the path of non-violence if CAA came to NRC. For the last two days, thousands of students took to the streets demanding a probe into the use of teargas on Sunday inside the Jamia Milia Islamia university’s library as well as police entering the campus without permission from university authorities.

Thousands of protesters including Jamia students and locals along with some policemen were injured, four DTC buses were torched and over 100 private vehicles and 10 police bikes were also damaged in the violence.