Police have banned public gatherings in parts of the Indian capital for a third day and cut internet services to try to stop deadly protests against a new citizenship law.
Police have banned public gatherings in parts of the Indian capital and other cities for a third day and cut internet services to try to stop growing protests against a new citizenship law that has left 14 people dead and more than 4,000 detained.
People stand behind a police barricade and watch a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Nalbari, India.Police banned a proposed march from the mosque to an area near India's Parliament and sprayed protesters with water cannon blasts to prevent them from walking toward a monument about 4km away in central Delhi where other protests converged.
Also in New Delhi on Friday, about 10,000 people protested outside Jamia Millia Islamia University, the site of weekend clashes in which students accused police of using excessive force that sent dozens to hospitals.
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