Indian police have denied shooting people during protests in Delhi – as anger at a citizenship law spreads across the country.
At least three people said they were shot, but police said their wounds were caused by broken tear gas canisters.
The new law offers citizenship to non-Muslims from three nearby countries.
Many of the injured were participating in protests at universities in Delhi.
Ten people, many of whom have “criminal backgrounds”, have been arrested, Delhi police said on Tuesday. Amid criticism for using “excessive force” inside campus premises, they added that no students were detained.
Police say that locals who lived near the campus had joined the protests and attacked officers.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear a petition against the police action inside Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University where they allegedly attacked students inside campus premises like the library and toilets.
More protests are expected to take place throughout Tuesday in universities across cities including Varanasi, Hyderabad, Chennai (formerly Madras) and Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the new law was “for those who have faced years of persecution outside and have no place to go except India”.
But some say the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is discriminatory and part of a “Hindu nationalist” agenda to marginalise India’s 200-million Muslim minority.
Others – particularly in border states – fear being “overrun” by new arrivals from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
What happened in Delhi?
During clashes at the Jamia Millia Islamia University on Sunday, there were reports of at least three people being shot by police.
A hospital spokesperson said two people were admitted with bullet wounds, according to local media – something denied by police.
The university’s vice-chancellor Najma Akhtar said that 200 people were injured. But police put the number at 39 students hurt, with 30 officers also injured – one of them critically.
Police said they acted with “maximum restraint, minimum force”.
At least six people have died since the protests began in the north-eastern state of Assam on Thursday.
The anger has spread across the country, with protests reported at more than a dozen universities.
Many of the student demonstrations were fuelled by the perceived police brutality on Sunday.
Students in Delhi, the southern city of Chennai, and Varanasi in the north protested against the government and in support of their fellow students at Jamia Millia Islamia.
Footage from the northern city of Lucknow on Monday showed students throwing stones at security forces, who threw the stones back. Officers were also seen hitting students with sticks.
In Kolkata, tens of thousands of people joined a demonstration led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her ruling Trinamool Congress party, marching against the law itself.