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Clashes in India over citizenship law: At least 24 dead as unrest grips nation's capital

  • Women break down following violent clashes over the new citizenship law on February 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Adequate security has been deployed in Maujpur, Seelampur, Gokulpuri and other localities of Northeast Delhi which have seen violent protests in the last three days. Stones were pelted at the police, houses burnt and vehicles smashed. Seventeen people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have been killed in the clashes, and more than 250 injured.(Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    1/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Women break down following violent clashes over the new citizenship law on February 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Adequate security has been deployed in Maujpur, Seelampur, Gokulpuri and other localities of Northeast Delhi which have seen violent protests in the last three days. Stones were pelted at the police, houses burnt and vehicles smashed. Seventeen people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have been killed in the clashes, and more than 250 injured.(Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    Hindustan Times via Getty Images
  • Paramilitary soilders conduct a flag march at maujpur area after clashes over CAA, on February 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Adequate security has been deployed in Maujpur, Seelampur, Gokulpuri and other localities of Northeast Delhi which have seen violent protests in the last three days. Stones were pelted at the police, houses burnt and vehicles smashed. Seventeen people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have been killed in the clashes, and more than 250 injured. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    2/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Paramilitary soilders conduct a flag march at maujpur area after clashes over CAA, on February 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Adequate security has been deployed in Maujpur, Seelampur, Gokulpuri and other localities of Northeast Delhi which have seen violent protests in the last three days. Stones were pelted at the police, houses burnt and vehicles smashed. Seventeen people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have been killed in the clashes, and more than 250 injured. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    Hindustan Times via Getty Images
  • A view of destruction caused during the violent clashes over the new citizenship law on February 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Adequate security has been deployed in Maujpur, Seelampur, Gokulpuri and other localities of Northeast Delhi which have seen violent protests in the last three days. Stones were pelted at the police, houses burnt and vehicles smashed. Seventeen people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have been killed in the clashes, and more than 250 injured.(Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    3/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    A view of destruction caused during the violent clashes over the new citizenship law on February 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Adequate security has been deployed in Maujpur, Seelampur, Gokulpuri and other localities of Northeast Delhi which have seen violent protests in the last three days. Stones were pelted at the police, houses burnt and vehicles smashed. Seventeen people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have been killed in the clashes, and more than 250 injured.(Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    Hindustan Times via Getty Images
  • Firemen try to douse a fire after the shops were set ablaze by miscreants over the new citizenship law, at Tyre Market, Gokalpuri, on February 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Adequate security has been deployed in Maujpur, Seelampur, Gokulpuri and other localities of Northeast Delhi which have seen violent protests in the last three days. Stones were pelted at the police, houses burnt and vehicles smashed. Seventeen people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have been killed in the clashes, and more than 250 injured. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    4/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Firemen try to douse a fire after the shops were set ablaze by miscreants over the new citizenship law, at Tyre Market, Gokalpuri, on February 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Adequate security has been deployed in Maujpur, Seelampur, Gokulpuri and other localities of Northeast Delhi which have seen violent protests in the last three days. Stones were pelted at the police, houses burnt and vehicles smashed. Seventeen people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have been killed in the clashes, and more than 250 injured. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    Hindustan Times via Getty Images
  • Indian policemen stand guard next to the debris in a riot-affected area on February 26, 2020 in Delhi, India. At least 27 people have been killed, hundreds injured and property worth millions damaged in communal violence that erupted in Indias national capital this week over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act as US President Donald Trump arrived in the country on his maiden visit. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the local police for its failure to control the violence and directed it to file First Information Reports against four leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for making hate speeches that allegedly led to the violence. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/ Getty Images)
    5/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Indian policemen stand guard next to the debris in a riot-affected area on February 26, 2020 in Delhi, India. At least 27 people have been killed, hundreds injured and property worth millions damaged in communal violence that erupted in Indias national capital this week over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act as US President Donald Trump arrived in the country on his maiden visit. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the local police for its failure to control the violence and directed it to file First Information Reports against four leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for making hate speeches that allegedly led to the violence. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/ Getty Images)
    Yawar Nazir via Getty Images
  • Congress Party workers shout slogans against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest in Amritsar on February 26, 2020, following clashes between people supporting and opposing a contentious amendment to India's citizenship law in New Delhi. - Riot police patrolled the streets of India's capital on Wednesday and the city's leader called for a curfew following battles between Hindus and Muslims that claimed at least 20 lives. The two days of unrest -- which has seen clashes between mobs armed with swords and guns -- is the worst sectarian violence seen in Delhi in decades. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)
    6/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Congress Party workers shout slogans against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest in Amritsar on February 26, 2020, following clashes between people supporting and opposing a contentious amendment to India's citizenship law in New Delhi. - Riot police patrolled the streets of India's capital on Wednesday and the city's leader called for a curfew following battles between Hindus and Muslims that claimed at least 20 lives. The two days of unrest -- which has seen clashes between mobs armed with swords and guns -- is the worst sectarian violence seen in Delhi in decades. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)
    NARINDER NANU via Getty Images
  • Congress Party workers shout slogans against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest in Amritsar on February 26, 2020, following clashes between people supporting and opposing a contentious amendment to India's citizenship law in New Delhi. - Riot police patrolled the streets of India's capital on Wednesday and the city's leader called for a curfew following battles between Hindus and Muslims that claimed at least 20 lives. The two days of unrest -- which has seen clashes between mobs armed with swords and guns -- is the worst sectarian violence seen in Delhi in decades. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)
    7/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Congress Party workers shout slogans against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest in Amritsar on February 26, 2020, following clashes between people supporting and opposing a contentious amendment to India's citizenship law in New Delhi. - Riot police patrolled the streets of India's capital on Wednesday and the city's leader called for a curfew following battles between Hindus and Muslims that claimed at least 20 lives. The two days of unrest -- which has seen clashes between mobs armed with swords and guns -- is the worst sectarian violence seen in Delhi in decades. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)
    NARINDER NANU via Getty Images
  • Muslim women protest against CAA and NRC at Mumbai Bagh, Mumbai Central, on February 25, 2020 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Satyabrata Tripathy/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    8/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Muslim women protest against CAA and NRC at Mumbai Bagh, Mumbai Central, on February 25, 2020 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Satyabrata Tripathy/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    Hindustan Times via Getty Images
  • Muslim women protest against CAA and NRC at Mumbai Bagh, Mumbai Central, on February 25, 2020 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Satyabrata Tripathy/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    9/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Muslim women protest against CAA and NRC at Mumbai Bagh, Mumbai Central, on February 25, 2020 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Satyabrata Tripathy/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    Hindustan Times via Getty Images
  • Muslim people, that visited the capital for a wedding, walk past security personnel patrolling near burnt-out and damaged residential premises following clashes between people supporting and opposing a contentious amendment to India's citizenship law, in New Delhi on February 26, 2020. - Riot police patrolled the streets of India's capital on February 26 and the city's leader called for a curfew following battles between Hindus and Muslims that claimed at least 20 lives. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
    10/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Muslim people, that visited the capital for a wedding, walk past security personnel patrolling near burnt-out and damaged residential premises following clashes between people supporting and opposing a contentious amendment to India's citizenship law, in New Delhi on February 26, 2020. - Riot police patrolled the streets of India's capital on February 26 and the city's leader called for a curfew following battles between Hindus and Muslims that claimed at least 20 lives. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
    SAJJAD HUSSAIN via Getty Images
  • A vehicle vandalised during a clash between anti CAA and pro CAA demonstrations, at Bhajanpura on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)
    11/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    A vehicle vandalised during a clash between anti CAA and pro CAA demonstrations, at Bhajanpura on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)
    Hindustan Times via Getty Images
  • Protesters hurl stones during a clash between anti CAA and pro CAA demonstrations, at Bhajanpura on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)
    12/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Protesters hurl stones during a clash between anti CAA and pro CAA demonstrations, at Bhajanpura on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)
    Hindustan Times via Getty Images
  • Protesters during violent clashes between anti and pro CAA demonstrations, at Jaffarabad, near Maujpur on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times)
    13/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Protesters during violent clashes between anti and pro CAA demonstrations, at Jaffarabad, near Maujpur on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times)
    Hindustan Times via Getty Images
  • A police personnel gets bandaged during violent clashes between anti and pro CAA demonstrations, at Jaffarabad, near Maujpur on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times)
    14/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    A police personnel gets bandaged during violent clashes between anti and pro CAA demonstrations, at Jaffarabad, near Maujpur on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times)
    Hindustan Times via Getty Images
  • A protester hurl stones during a clash between anti CAA and pro CAA demonstrations, at Bhajanpura on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)
    15/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    A protester hurl stones during a clash between anti CAA and pro CAA demonstrations, at Bhajanpura on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)
    Hindustan Times via Getty Images
  • Cars of protesters opposing a new citizenship law is set ablaze by protesters supporting a new citizenship law during clashes between two groups over the Citizenship Amendment Act on February 24, 2020 in Delhi, India. An Indian policemen and a civilian were killed as clashes erupted between two groups over the Citizenship Amendment Act, a controversial law passed by the Indian government that has led to protests over fears that it will be used to strip the country's Muslim population of their citizenship. Demonstrations were held in Shaheen Bagh, a Muslim majority locality where hundreds of women are holding a sit-in protest over past the two months, against the visit of US President Donald Trumps to India. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/ Getty Images)
    16/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Cars of protesters opposing a new citizenship law is set ablaze by protesters supporting a new citizenship law during clashes between two groups over the Citizenship Amendment Act on February 24, 2020 in Delhi, India. An Indian policemen and a civilian were killed as clashes erupted between two groups over the Citizenship Amendment Act, a controversial law passed by the Indian government that has led to protests over fears that it will be used to strip the country's Muslim population of their citizenship. Demonstrations were held in Shaheen Bagh, a Muslim majority locality where hundreds of women are holding a sit-in protest over past the two months, against the visit of US President Donald Trumps to India. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/ Getty Images)
    Yawar Nazir via Getty Images
  • Vehicles are set ablaze as protestors throw brickbats during clashes between a group of anti-CAA protesters and CAA supporters at Jafrabad in Delhi, India on February 24, 2020. (Photo by Imtiyaz Khan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
    17/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Vehicles are set ablaze as protestors throw brickbats during clashes between a group of anti-CAA protesters and CAA supporters at Jafrabad in Delhi, India on February 24, 2020. (Photo by Imtiyaz Khan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
    Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
  • A woman sports a black band during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR), near Jaffrabad metro station, on February 23, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Stone pelting started between pro and anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters in Delhi's Jafrabad. Hundreds of women blocked a road in Jafrabad and vowed not to end the protest till the Centre revokes the CAA and the National Register of Citizens. Some people have been reportedly injured in the stone-pelting and police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in the area to monitor the situation. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    18/19

    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    A woman sports a black band during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR), near Jaffrabad metro station, on February 23, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Stone pelting started between pro and anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters in Delhi's Jafrabad. Hundreds of women blocked a road in Jafrabad and vowed not to end the protest till the Centre revokes the CAA and the National Register of Citizens. Some people have been reportedly injured in the stone-pelting and police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in the area to monitor the situation. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
    Hindustan Times via Getty Images
  • Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Jaffrabad area in New Delhi on February 23, 2020. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Clashes in India over citizenship law

    Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Jaffrabad area in New Delhi on February 23, 2020. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
    SAJJAD HUSSAIN via Getty Images
Women break down following violent clashes over the new citizenship law on February 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Adequate security has been deployed in Maujpur, Seelampur, Gokulpuri and other localities of Northeast Delhi which have seen violent protests in the last three days. Stones were pelted at the police, houses burnt and vehicles smashed. Seventeen people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have been killed in the clashes, and more than 250 injured.(Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Paramilitary soilders conduct a flag march at maujpur area after clashes over CAA, on February 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Adequate security has been deployed in Maujpur, Seelampur, Gokulpuri and other localities of Northeast Delhi which have seen violent protests in the last three days. Stones were pelted at the police, houses burnt and vehicles smashed. Seventeen people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have been killed in the clashes, and more than 250 injured. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
A view of destruction caused during the violent clashes over the new citizenship law on February 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Adequate security has been deployed in Maujpur, Seelampur, Gokulpuri and other localities of Northeast Delhi which have seen violent protests in the last three days. Stones were pelted at the police, houses burnt and vehicles smashed. Seventeen people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have been killed in the clashes, and more than 250 injured.(Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Firemen try to douse a fire after the shops were set ablaze by miscreants over the new citizenship law, at Tyre Market, Gokalpuri, on February 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Adequate security has been deployed in Maujpur, Seelampur, Gokulpuri and other localities of Northeast Delhi which have seen violent protests in the last three days. Stones were pelted at the police, houses burnt and vehicles smashed. Seventeen people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have been killed in the clashes, and more than 250 injured. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Indian policemen stand guard next to the debris in a riot-affected area on February 26, 2020 in Delhi, India. At least 27 people have been killed, hundreds injured and property worth millions damaged in communal violence that erupted in Indias national capital this week over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act as US President Donald Trump arrived in the country on his maiden visit. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the local police for its failure to control the violence and directed it to file First Information Reports against four leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for making hate speeches that allegedly led to the violence. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/ Getty Images)
Congress Party workers shout slogans against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest in Amritsar on February 26, 2020, following clashes between people supporting and opposing a contentious amendment to India's citizenship law in New Delhi. - Riot police patrolled the streets of India's capital on Wednesday and the city's leader called for a curfew following battles between Hindus and Muslims that claimed at least 20 lives. The two days of unrest -- which has seen clashes between mobs armed with swords and guns -- is the worst sectarian violence seen in Delhi in decades. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)
Congress Party workers shout slogans against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest in Amritsar on February 26, 2020, following clashes between people supporting and opposing a contentious amendment to India's citizenship law in New Delhi. - Riot police patrolled the streets of India's capital on Wednesday and the city's leader called for a curfew following battles between Hindus and Muslims that claimed at least 20 lives. The two days of unrest -- which has seen clashes between mobs armed with swords and guns -- is the worst sectarian violence seen in Delhi in decades. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)
Muslim women protest against CAA and NRC at Mumbai Bagh, Mumbai Central, on February 25, 2020 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Satyabrata Tripathy/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Muslim women protest against CAA and NRC at Mumbai Bagh, Mumbai Central, on February 25, 2020 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Satyabrata Tripathy/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Muslim people, that visited the capital for a wedding, walk past security personnel patrolling near burnt-out and damaged residential premises following clashes between people supporting and opposing a contentious amendment to India's citizenship law, in New Delhi on February 26, 2020. - Riot police patrolled the streets of India's capital on February 26 and the city's leader called for a curfew following battles between Hindus and Muslims that claimed at least 20 lives. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
A vehicle vandalised during a clash between anti CAA and pro CAA demonstrations, at Bhajanpura on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)
Protesters hurl stones during a clash between anti CAA and pro CAA demonstrations, at Bhajanpura on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)
Protesters during violent clashes between anti and pro CAA demonstrations, at Jaffarabad, near Maujpur on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times)
A police personnel gets bandaged during violent clashes between anti and pro CAA demonstrations, at Jaffarabad, near Maujpur on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times)
A protester hurl stones during a clash between anti CAA and pro CAA demonstrations, at Bhajanpura on February 24, 2020 in New Delhi, India. A Delhi Police cop and three civilians have died, a DCP-rank officer injured, a petrol pump torched, a number of houses, cars and shops burnt after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur and Jafarabad areas of North East Delhi. There was tension in the area after hundreds of anti-CAA protesters, mostly women, blocked a road near the Jaffrabad metro station connecting Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)
Cars of protesters opposing a new citizenship law is set ablaze by protesters supporting a new citizenship law during clashes between two groups over the Citizenship Amendment Act on February 24, 2020 in Delhi, India. An Indian policemen and a civilian were killed as clashes erupted between two groups over the Citizenship Amendment Act, a controversial law passed by the Indian government that has led to protests over fears that it will be used to strip the country's Muslim population of their citizenship. Demonstrations were held in Shaheen Bagh, a Muslim majority locality where hundreds of women are holding a sit-in protest over past the two months, against the visit of US President Donald Trumps to India. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/ Getty Images)
Vehicles are set ablaze as protestors throw brickbats during clashes between a group of anti-CAA protesters and CAA supporters at Jafrabad in Delhi, India on February 24, 2020. (Photo by Imtiyaz Khan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A woman sports a black band during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR), near Jaffrabad metro station, on February 23, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Stone pelting started between pro and anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters in Delhi's Jafrabad. Hundreds of women blocked a road in Jafrabad and vowed not to end the protest till the Centre revokes the CAA and the National Register of Citizens. Some people have been reportedly injured in the stone-pelting and police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in the area to monitor the situation. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Jaffrabad area in New Delhi on February 23, 2020. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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At least 24 people are dead and 189 injured as violent clashes in India entered their third day.

Unrest across the country began in December with the passing of a law that makes non-Muslims from some neighbouring nations eligible for fast-tracked citizenship — a move many Muslims say is discriminatory and marks a break from India's secular traditions.

Persecuted religious minorities including from Hindu, Sikh, or Christian communities are eligible for citizenship, but those from Islam do not enjoy all the same advantages.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says the new citizenship law is necessary to protect persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, and denies any bias against India's Muslims.

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Since cruising back to power in May, Modi has pursued a Hindu-first agenda that has emboldened his followers, who account for about 80 percent of the population, and left India's 180 million Muslims reeling.

Now opponents and supporters of the law, largely divided between Muslims and Hindus, are facing off against each other. Some say the polarization evokes a dark chapter in India's past.

— With files from the Associated Press.