New Delhi, Dec 18 (AFP/APP): Authorities have imposed an emergency law banning large gatherings in parts of India’s capital New Delhi after 12 policemen were injured in protests against a contentious new citizenship law. Clashes across India following the passage of legislation that fast-tracks citizenship for non-Muslims from three neighboring countries have claimed six lives. A day after intense protests rocked Delhi, police banned gatherings of more than four people in some Muslim-dominated areas in the mega city’s northeast. “In view of the protests on Tuesday prohibitory orders have been issued,” a police official told AFP. Police fired tear gas after thousands of protesters threw stones and set fire to at least two buses and a police outpost in Delhi’s Seelampur district. At least 21 people, including 12 policemen, were injured in the clashes. Six people were arrested for rioting and arson, police police said Wednesday. Another six people were arrested in eastern West Bengal state for hurling a bomb at policemen in Howrah city on Tuesday that injured seven officers. Howrah police commissioner Gaurav Sharma told AFP his officers were attacked when they went to arrest protesters who vandalized a railway station. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has remained defiant … Continue reading Gatherings banned in parts of India capital after citizenship law demos