UP: Protesters vandalises train in Ballia during protest against Agnipath scheme

Ballia: A mob vandalised a train on Friday morning at the Ballia railway station in Uttar Pradesh during a protest against the Centre's Agnipath recruitment scheme.

Police forces have been deployed at the station to disperse the crowd."Forces have been deployed at the station since morning. A few hooligans reached there but they were stopped from damaging much; they attempted stone-pelting. Action being taken," Ballia DM Saumya Agarwal told reporters.

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Several parts of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have witnessed protests over the new military recruitment policy.

Many Army aspirants for the armed forces are unhappy with the changes introduced under the new recruitment scheme, particularly the length of service, no pension provisions for those released early, and the 17.5 to 21-year age restriction that now makes many of them ineligible.

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Agitations spilt over to several districts in Bihar as youths protested by lying down on the railway tracks and blocking roads, demanding the scrapping of the scheme. (With ANI inputs)

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