New Delhi, Dec 15 (UNI) The protest outside the Jamia Campus area turned violent on Sunday, with mob pelting stones at the police, leaving six police personnel injured, police said here.
Meanwhile, the Delhi government has ordered to close all the government and private schools falling under the South-East Delhi, including Okhla, Jamia, New Friends Colony and Madan Pur Khadar area. Police clarified that there has been no casualty during the police efforts to maintain the law and order.
According to Delhi Police PRO DCP Mandeep Randhawa, police was present at the site and the protest was peaceful till afternoon. After a while, some anti-social elements joined the protestors and instigated them, diverting the route of the peaceful protest march.
Police has also appealed to the people not to believe on rumours spread over the social media, where some doctored photographs are being circulated to instigate the people.
He said the anti-social elements set buses and two-wheelers on fire, while they were pushed back, as they tried to move towards the Mathura Road.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, South East district Chinmoy Biswal said the police's only interest was to push the violent mob back, in view of restoring the law and order in the area, while there was no problem with the varsity (Jamia Millia Islamia University) students.

Police has also denied any allegation of firing during the protests, calling it a rumour, which was being spread to scar the image of Delhi Police.
Police said that certain people have also been detained during the ongoing situation and their identities were yet to be established.
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