Officials said that five fake army candidates belonging to different political parties have been arrested for the protests. According to the Saharanpur police, all the five arrested accused are either members of different political parties or are office bearers. One of the accused, Parag Panwar, was associated with NSUI. The arrested accused have been identified as Sandeep Parag, Pawar, Mohit Chaudhary, Saurabh Kumar and Uday. All of them are residents of Saharanpur. According to the police, all these accused were “instigators” to “oppose” the Agneepath scheme, a new scheme to recruit youth into the armed forces. However, the police have arrested all the five accused and are investigating further.
Saharanpur Police said that these five arrested accused are above 25 years of age and they are not eligible to join the armed forces under the new scheme.
The arrests were made late Saturday night and officials said the accused were being questioned.
The Agneepath scheme of the Center has been opposed in many states of the country.