Indian police detained on Thursday more than than 100 protesters demonstrating against the Citizenship Amendment Act as authorities imposed bans in parts of the capital and two big states.
According to Indian media reports, Section 144 which prohibits the assembly of more than four people has been imposed in the North East disrict. Delhi police said the permission to hold the gathering had been denied because of the law and order situation. Train stations including at the Red Fort and university areas were shut to stop people from traveling to the site.
The Delhi-Gurugram highway and as many as 17 Delhi Metro stations have been closed on the Yellow, Blue, Violet and Magenta lines.
Delhi Police Special Cell had directed on 18Dec that voice, SMS,internet services be halted from 9am to 1pm today,in walled city areas of north¢ral districts,Mandi House,Seelampur,Jafrabad,Mustafabad, Jamia Nagar, Shaeen Bagh&Bawana, in view of prevailing law&order situation pic.twitter.com/Qk2sk0TKI1
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2019
Mobile carrier Bharti Airtel’s customer care told customers that it had suspended voice calls, SMS and internet services in parts of the Indian capital following protests across the city.
Bharti Airtel: We're complying with instructions received from govt. authorities on suspending Voice, SMS and data in certain areas in #Delhi. Once the suspension orders are lifted, our services will be fully up and running. pic.twitter.com/PkE5FdMEA3
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2019
Activist-politician Yogendra Yadav, former student leader Umar Khalid and Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit have all been detained.
It is an honour to be detained on 19th of December, a small tribute to Ashfakulla Khan and Ramprasad Bismil.
Happy to be in the company of Dr Dharamvir Gandhi, ex-MP, Patiala pic.twitter.com/odFCzMJQNf
— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) December 19, 2019