Eight out of Fifteen arrested in connection with Friday’s violence in Old Delhi found minors aged between 14 and 15

Fifteen people have been arrested in connection with Friday’s violence in Old Delhi during a protest against the new citizenship law, the police said today.

Eight of those detained by the police were minors aged between 14 and 15 years. All the minors have been released only after their parents went to the police station to collect them.

Doctors told that their hands were swollen, and a child with a head injury had to be sent to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital for treatment.