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Vehicles set ablaze during clashes between anti-CAA protestors and Supporters group of the Citizenship act, at Jafrabad in North-East Delhi on Monday. Image Credit: ANI

New Delhi: One Delhi Police head constable on Monday lost his life and one DCP got injured during clashes between two groups that took place in Delhi's Gokulpuri.

Earlier today, a clash broke out between two groups in Maujpur area.

Meanwhile, Section 144 CrPC has been imposed at ten locations in North-east district of Delhi said Police. 

New Delhi has been a hotbed of protest against the controversial new citizenship law and protestors have been camping out continuously in several parts of the capital for the last two months.

Hundreds of people supporting the new law clashed with those opposing it, with stone pelting from both sides.

The two groups have been clashing since Sunday and the people supporting the law were seen chanting "Jai Shree Ram," amid heavy stone pelting from both sides, according to a Reuters witness.

"We are in support of the CAA. If they want to protest, they should go somewhere else," a protestor Amit said, giving only one name.

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Hundreds of people supporting the new law clashed with those opposing it, with stone pelting from both sides. Image Credit: Agencies

The latest round of violence broke out just as US President Donald Trump began his maiden visit to India, addressing a mega rally in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat on Monday.

Trump is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi later on Monday.

India's Citizenship Amendment Act, which eases the path for non-Muslims from neighbouring Muslim-majority nations to gain citizenship, has triggered weeks of sometimes violent protests against Modi's government.

The law is seen by its opponents as discriminating against Muslims and has deepened concerns that Modi's administration is undermining India's secular traditions.

Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party denies any bias against the country's 180 million Muslims.