Agneepath: Pay for damaged properties, otherwise…

Varanasi government Warns protesters!

Amid Agnipath scheme the protest has been witnessed all across the country. Whereas the Varanasi government warns the protesters starting to pay for damaged properties.

The Varanasi administration has already started the process of identifying those involved in the violent protests over the Agneepath military recruitment project. Once the work is completed, the Varanasi administration will recover the damages to the destroyed public property from the accused.

This was stated by an official of Varanasi municipality on Tuesday (June 21). District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said that 36 buses were damaged in the protests on June 17 and caused a loss of Rs 12.97 lakh. He added that 27 people have been arrested in the case so far. Several other people have been identified for indulging in vandalism. 

A Varanasi Municipality official also said that a list of government properties which were destroyed during the protests is also being prepared by the administration to collect compensation from those involved in the vandalism. He added that more information about those involved in such acts is being collected from government employees.

Whereas the Yogi government had already created a controversy by demolishing the houses of those involved in such violent vandalism with bulldozers. This time, the Varanasi administration has gone a step further and said that in the name of protest, they will recover the compensation from the destroyers of government property.