Pictures: Anti-citizenship law protests intensify across India

Students hold placards during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, outside Reserve Bank of India in Kochi

Demonstrators attend a protest against a new citizenship law, in Chandigarh

Historian Ramchandra Guha (R) holds a placard against India's new citizenship law during protest held in spite of a curfew in Bangalore

Swaraj Abhiyan founder and activist Yogendra Yadav is detained by police for defying prohibitory orders imposed by the Delhi Police in the area during an anti-Citizenship Act protest, at Red Fort, in New Delhi

Left leaders D Raja, Sitaram Yechury, Nilotpal Basu, Brinda Karat and others raise slogans during an anti-Citizenship Act protest, at Red Fort, in New Delhi

Demonstrators hold placards shout slogans during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and police action on the students of Jamia Millia Islamia University, in Mumbai

Police detain NSUI supporters during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Ahmedabad

Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) supporters block a railway track during a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, in the state during 'Bihar Bandh', in Patna

Protesters take part in a demonstration against India's new citizenship law in Chennai

Samajwadi Party leaders protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Vidhan Sabha premises, in Lucknow

Supporters of Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, attend a protest march against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and a new citizenship law, in Kolkata

Protestors detained by police for defying prohibitory orders imposed by the Delhi Police in the area during an anti-Citizenship Act protest, at Red Fort, in New Delhi

A protestor shouts slogans after being detained by police in Hyderabad

Demonstrators hold placards and shout slogans during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC, in Mumbai

Protestors shout slogans from a bus after being taken into custody by police at the Town Hall during a demonstration held against India's new citizenship law in spite of a curfew in Bangalore

Protesters shout slogans at a demonstration against India’s new citizenship law in New Delhi

Demonstrators are detained during a protest against a new citizenship law, in Delhi

A protestor shouts slogans from a bus after being taken into custody by police at the Town Hall during a demonstration held against India's new citizenship law in spite of a curfew in Bangalore

People hold placards during a demonstration against India’s new citizenship law in New Delhi

Protestors detained by police for defying prohibitory orders imposed in the area during an anti-Citizenship Act protest near Charminar, in Hyderabad

Former Uttarkhand chief minister and Congress in-charge of Assam Harish Rawat along with President of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) Ripon Bora stage a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), in Guwahati