CAA protest: Several metro stations closed

Amidst protest in the national capital against the amend Citizenship Act, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has closed entry and exit gates of 16 metro stations asa precautionary measure.  

In a tweet, DMRC said that Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk,Vishwavidyalaya  Jamia Millia Islamia, Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh, Munirka,Patel Chowk, Lok Kalyan Marg, Udyog Bhawan, Central Secretariat, ITO, Pragati Maidan and Khan Market are  closed.

Trains will not be halting at these stations. Gates of Vasant Vihar and Mandi House have also been closed. Interchange facility is available at Mandi House.

Delhi Police has imposed prohibitory orders under CrPC Section 144 at the Red Fort area and some parts of northeast Delhi.  

Delhi police officials told that it has not given permission for a protestat Red Fort and Mandi House.

Meanwhile, Delhi Police has arrested 12 more persons in connection with the violence during protests in some parts of



the National Capital.

Earlier, the police had arrested nine people in connection with the violence.

In Karnataka, several left organisations defied prohibitory orders and held protests against the Amended Citizenship Act today.

Sporadic incidents of protest were reported from Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Hassan,Hubli, Kalaburgi and Ballary. Historian Ramachandra Guha was taken into preventive custody while protesting in front of the Town Hall in Bengaluru.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has called upon everyone to maintain peace and harmony and warned rumour-mongers of penal action.

The police DG and IGP Neelamani S Raju met the Chief Minister and briefed him about the prevailing law and order situation. The prohibitory orders that commenced this morning will continue till Saturday.

The police department has issued notices to the public against spreading communal hatred through social media.