LIVE: Jaffrabad Metro Station Closed, Delhi Police Deployed As Women Stage 'Shaheen Bagh Type' Protest

The Jaffrabad Metro station was closed and a large contingent of Delhi Police personnel was deployed due to a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). The protest began Saturday night when around 500 people, mostly women, gathered near the Jaffrabad metro station in northeast Delhi. They blocked a road connecting Seelampur to Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. According to reports, protestors in Jaffrabad are getting ready for a sit in protest just like Shaheen Bagh. The protesters have been staging a sit-in at Shaheen Bagh for over two months, blocking the road connecting southeast Delhi and Noida. The Supreme Court has appointed interlocutors in an attempt to reach out to the anti-CAA protesters.

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According to news agency PTI, the women, carrying the national tricolour and raising slogans of 'aazadi', said they would not move from the site till the Centre revoke Citizenship (Amendment) Act. They tied a blue band on their arm and also raised 'Jai Bhim' slogans. The women have blocked road No. 66 which connects Seelampur to Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. Heavy security deployment, including women police personnel, has been made in the area. 

In view of the protest, entry and exit gates of the Jaffrabad metro station were closed. "Entry & exit of Jaffrabad have been closed. Trains will not be halting at this station," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation tweeted.

A protest is already going on near the main Seelampur road and Kardampuri against the amended citizenship act. 

(With PTI Inputs)