A total of 450 people have been arrested on charges of violence and damage to public properties since the protests began. In Deoria’s Barhaj police station area, protesters targeted police vehicles.
“All the sensitive places were identified and heavy force was deployed there, so these protesters communicated through a WhatsApp group and gathered on the bypass in Barhaj and started pelting stones and shouting slogans against Agneepath plan. Then, they proceeded towards a petrol pump and ransacked there. We will register an FIR based on the complaint of the petrol pump owner,” said SHO, Barhaj, Jai Shankar Mishra,
“The youth apparently also snatched some money from the salesman at a petrol pump, and they set two vehicles on fire there. 15 people have been arrested and are being questioned Sankalp SharmaSP, Deoria.
Additional SP, Mirzapur, Sanjay Kumar, told reporters that the district remained peaceful on Sunday, but Saturday’s violence began when messages were circulated on WhatsApp groups to collect “We are identifying the administrators of the WhatsApp groups”. Those who gave the call for protest and strict action will be taken against them,” he said. Similarly, in Ballia, police said WhatsApp chats of those arrested for the June 17 violence revealed that they were also called through the same channel and its mastermind was not identified. Ballia police have also arrested 15 more people based on CCTV surveillance, taking the number of arrests in the district alone to 124. Hundreds of youths created a ruckus near the city’s railway station in Ghazipur. On receiving information about the gathering of the protesters on the Varanasi-Ghazipur-Ballia railway line, the police reached the spot and stopped them at Sheikhpura. The protesters pelted stones but soon fled.
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In Bhadohi, the police lathi-charged the protesters and arrested four youths to disperse the protesters. Gopiganj SHO Brijesh said, “The protesters had gathered with the national flag on the Gyanpur-Gopiganj road. Before they could start their protest, the police dispersed them.” Kumar SinghHe said that four people have been arrested in this connection. ADG, Law and Order, Prashant KumarHe said that all the district officers have been instructed to establish dialogue. Zilla Sainik Welfare Board And make the elected representatives and people aware of the facts about the Agneepath scheme like village heads, MLAs and MPs.
During a protest in Chandauli on Sunday, some youths torched a private vehicle and were chased away by the police. On the other hand, in Aligarh, 35 people, including nine coaching institute owners, were arrested on June 17 for inciting youth to participate in the protest against the Agneepath scheme. The Saharanpur police on Sunday also arrested five “fake Army candidates” for allegedly planning violence and protests at the district’s railway station.
In Varanasi, 57 protesters, who had allegedly vandalized government buses, have been identified and will be arrested soon.
Meanwhile, the crackdown against the protesters continued in Mathura. Agra Too. A minor girl traveling with her family in Kanpur-Farrukhabad Express train was injured in stone pelting allegedly by a group of protesters in Farrukhabad.