Agnipath: Protesters set empty practice on hearth, vandalise railway station in UP’s Ballia

By PTI

BALLIA: Raising slogans ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Agnipath Vapas Lo’, youths protesting towards the Centre’s new scheme to recruit troopers on Friday set an empty practice on hearth and vandalised just a few different trains right here, prompting the police to lathicharge them.

Police sources stated that the protesters gathered on the Veeri Lork Stadium right here after which marched to the Ballia railway station.

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A video of the youths elevating the slogans and vandalising the Ballia-Varanasi Memu and Ballia-Shahganj trains has gone viral.

They additionally allegedly pelted stones close to the railway godown and focused personal retailers on the railway station platform. Buses exterior had been focused too, sources stated.

District Magistrate Saumya Agarwal stated, “Considering the possibility of youths protesting, police was deployed from the morning itself. Some unruly youths came and tried to pelt stones, but the administration did not allow them to succeed. One portion of Ballia railway station was vandalised. Action is being taken against the unruly elements.” Superintendent of Police Raj Karan Nayyar stated that the youths are being persuaded to name off the protest and despatched again.

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“The incident has been videographed. So far, no arrests have been made,” he stated. Protests have erupted in a number of states since Wednesday towards the Agnipath scheme to recruit jawans into the military, the navy and the air drive for a four-year-period adopted by obligatory retirement for many with out gratuity and pension advantages.