Kerala, TN, Srinagar erupt

Students, leaders of different political parties and activists across regions stepped up their protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act on Tuesday.

As many as 30 organisations in Kerala under the umbrella of Joint Action Committee held a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 across the state.

According to police, at least 233 preventive arrests were made till 11 am on Tuesday.

While 55 people were detained from Ernakulam, police have taken as many as 51 people from Thrissur, 35 from Idukki, 21 from Palakkad, 13 from Kannur, 12 from Kottayam and eight from Wayanad into preventive custody.

Moreover, several protestors pelted stones at Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses in Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram, Changanassery, Kollam, Kothamangalam and Thampanoor. Demonstrators have also blocked roads in Palakkad.

Security has been heightened up in Kerala as the protests against the Central government and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act intensified in the state.

In Tamil Nadu, A section of students of Madras University continued their protest for the second day on Tuesday, as police entered the campus.

Defiant students said they will continue their agitation "through the night."

While police personnel who entered the campus said they were for the "safety of the students," the protesters alleged two of the students were picked up by police.

There were protests by students at the Islamia college in Srinagar on Tuesday.

The police used force to disperse the protesters, following a clash that erupted between them. “The students started pelting stones on the police to which they resorted to action and dispersed them”, said Haseeb Mughal, SSP Srinagar.

In UP, scattered protests were held in Uttar Pradesh with no report of any violence in the state.