New Delhi: The entry and exit gates of Jaffrabad and Maujpur - Babarpur stations were closed for security reasons today following the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. "Entry and exit gates of Jaffrabad and Maujpur - Babarpur stations are closed. However, interchange facility to continue towards Shiv Vihar is available at Maujpur. Normal service on all other stations and lines," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in a tweet said.
These stations remained closed for an hour. DMRC informed about normal services being resumed in all stations through tweet. "Entry and exit gates at all stations have been opened. Normal services have resumed in all stations," the tweet read.On Tuesday, DMRC had closed entry and exit gates at seven metro stations in northeast Delhi in view of a violent protest against the amended citizenship law in the Seelampur area.
Angry protesters demanding scrapping of the amended citizenship law clashed with police, pelted stones at them and damaged several buses in Delhi's Seelampur area. Police resorted to baton charges and fired tear gas shells on the protesters who were marching from Seelampur towards Jafrabad.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 grants citizenship to non-Muslim refugees of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who fled religious persecution and arrived in India until 31 December 2014. In Delhi, people are protesting against the exclusion of Muslims, alleging it to be against the ethos of the Constitution.
