Anti-Agnipath protest: Army aspirants block site visitors in Cuttack, lathicharged
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By Express News Service
CUTTACK: Police resorted to lathicharge to disperse defence job aspirants staging protest in opposition to the Centre’s proposed Agnipath scheme in Cuttack on Friday.
Disappointed over the scheme to induct children into the armed forces for a four-year interval, a whole lot of defence job aspirants staged protests in entrance of Army Recruitment Office at Cantonment Road right here.
More than 200 youths sat on a dharna elevating slogans in opposition to the Central authorities and demanded that the scheme be withdrawn.
The variety of protesters began rising every now and then with extra youth expressing their solidarity and becoming a member of the protest.
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While they began to trespass into the Army recruitment workplace by climbing its gate, police interfered and dispersed the protesters, who then staged a highway blockade on Mahanadi ring highway close to Gadagadia Mahadev temple.
Police, nonetheless, resorted to lathi cost to disperse youths who had blocked the site visitors demanding withdrawal of the scheme.
DCP Pinak Mishra mentioned, round 800 to 900 youths gathered and staged protest blockading the highway. Some of them had been unruly who went on rampage compelling police to resort delicate lathi cost to disperse them.
“Police have dispersed the youths and the situation is normal now,” added Mishra.
