Aligarh: Hours after the protest erupted near Jamia Millia University in Delhi on Sunday evening over the amended Citizenship Act, hundreds of students of Aligarh Muslim University protesting clashed with police at a campus gate after which police used batons and teargas to disperse them.


Soon after the protest near the Jamia Millia University in Delhi, the students started gathering at the Babey Sir Syed Gate and shouted slogans against the law and police action on demonstrators in the national capital. AMU Proctor Prof Afifullah Khan said some security personnel have been injured in brick-batting near the gate.

Police said the student broke down the police cordon. Police have sealed all gates to the campus. Tension prevailed in the area as police used batons and teargas to control the situation.

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Meanwhile, even as Delhi police continued their efforts to control the situation in the wake of anti-CAA violence on Sunday, the chief proctor of Jamia Millia Islamia has accused the Delhi police of forcefully entering the university campus and beating up the students. Waseem Ahmed Khan said on Sunday evening that police had entered the campus despite not being given permission to enter. He alleged that staff and students are being beaten and are even forced to vacate the campus.Sunday's protests turned violent as locals and university students clashed with the police and burnt a few buses. Jamia students have claimed that they are not involved in the acts of violence.

At least five buses were set ablaze or damaged, besides various cars and a bike that were targeted by the mob on Sunday in the national capital, the police said.

(With inputs from agencies)