Agnipath agitation: A day after rampage at Ludhiana railway station, six arrested
A day after a group of agitators, while protesting against the Agnipath scheme and demanding written exam for Army recruitment, went on rampage at Ludhiana railway station and damaged public property, the Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested six persons on Sunday.
Punjab ADGP (railways) MF Farooqui also visited the railway station to review the security arrangements ahead of today’s Bharat Bandh call given by youths protesting against Agnipath scheme.
Inspector Jaskaran Singh, SHO, GRP police station, Ludhiana, said that six youths were arrested for vandalizing public property at railway station and they were produced in the local court which sent them in two-day police remand. He said that all arrested youths were aged 18 to 22.
