Demonstrators are seen through the Indian national flag as they attend a protest organised by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, a Muslim group, against a new citizenship law, in Mumbai, India, February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Prashant Waydande
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police used tear gas to disperse large crowds in India's capital of New Delhi on Sunday in the latest eruption of violence at protests over a new citizenship law, police officials said.
Hundreds of people supporting the new law clashed with those opposing it, with the two groups pelting each other with stones in the Maujpur area in the northeastern part of the city, according to television footage.
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