Agnipath protests: Gatherings barred in Gurugram

The move came after protests were reported from Haryana’s Narnaul district against the scheme on Friday

Published on: Jun 17, 2022, 13:26:26 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Authorities barred the gathering of over four people in Gurugram on Friday to prevent protests against the Agnipath scheme for the short-term recruitment of soldiers in the defence services.

District magistrate Nishant Kumar Yadav issued orders in this regard as violent protests against the scheme continued for a second day on Friday at separate places in the country.

In his order, Yadav said protests were likely against the new scheme in Haryana, including Gurugram. Yadav said crowds were likely to gather at railway stations, bus stands, markets, national highways, etc in Gurugram and disturb the maintenance of law and order.

The order came after protests were reported from Haryana’s Narnaul district against the scheme on Friday. On Thursday, traffic on the Delhi-Jaipur highway was disrupted as a protest was held near Bilaspur Chowk in Gurugram.

Stones were thrown at the district magistrate’s office in Palwal on Thursday and forced police to open fire in the air to disperse the protestors.

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Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More