Priors
Protests against the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, June 2022

FIR

18 Jun 2022

In power
JD(U) — Bihar; BJP — Uttar Pradesh, Haryana; BRS — Telangana
Acted
Police, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana
Under
Secunderabad: IPC sections 143, 147, 324, 307, 435, 427, 448, 336, 332 and 341 read with 149, the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act and the Railways Act (as reported by The Hindu)

Police in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Telangana registered cases and made arrests. Bihar figures given by police and officials rose from 24 FIRs on 17 June to between 145 and 159 FIRs by 19-20 June, and arrests from more than 125 to between 804 and 879; one figure from the ADG (Law and Order), 600 cases, differs from the others (see figures). In Uttar Pradesh, police said on 18 June that 340 people had been arrested and 29 cases lodged in 12 districts. In Palwal, Haryana, police booked over 1,000 people in three FIRs and arrested 23. In Secunderabad, the Railway Police registered a case on the station manager's complaint under rioting, attempt to murder and other IPC sections, the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act and the Railways Act. [1][2][3][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][4]

  • 24 FIRs; more than 125 detained Bihar FIRs and people detained, by 17 June, said ADG (Law and Order) Sanjay Singh (to ANI) [1]
  • about 620 arrested; 130 FIRs Bihar arrests and FIRs, by 18 June, said ADG (Law and Order) Sanjay Singh (to ANI) [2]
  • over 325 arrested; about 60 FIRs Bihar arrests and FIRs, by 18 June, said Bihar police (reported by The Hindu) [8]
  • 600 Bihar cases registered, by 18 June, said ADG (Law and Order) Sanjay Kumar Singh (reported by ThePrint) [5]
  • 718 arrested; 25 cases Bihar arrests and cases, by 19 June, said Bihar Police (reported by The Indian Express, via Scroll) [3]
  • 804 arrested; 145 FIRs Bihar arrests and FIRs, by 19 June, said Bihar Police Headquarters statement (PTI) [11]
  • 805 arrested; 148 FIRs Bihar arrests and FIRs, by 19 June, said officials (reported by Hindustan Times) [6]
  • 879 arrested; 159 FIRs Bihar arrests and FIRs, by 20 June, said Bihar Home Department official (reported by Hindustan Times) [7]
  • 260 arrested; 6 FIRs Uttar Pradesh arrests and FIRs, by 18 June, said Uttar Pradesh Police (reported by ANI, via Scroll) [2]
  • 340 arrested (145 preventive under Section 151 CrPC, 195 under FIRs); 29 cases in 12 districts Uttar Pradesh arrests and cases, by 18 June, said Uttar Pradesh Police (reported by The Hindu) [9]
  • 23 arrested; over 1,000 booked in three FIRs Palwal arrests and people booked, said Palwal district police (reported by The Tribune) [10]
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Sources

  1. 1Agnipath protests: One dead in Secunderabad, five trains set ablaze in three statesScroll.in, 17 Jun 2022T5 SecondaryArchived 17 Jun 2022
  2. 2Agnipath protests top updates: Agitation in 13 states, railway stations ransacked in Bihar, PunjabScroll.in, 18 Jun 2022T5 SecondaryArchived 18 Jun 2022
  3. 3Agnipath protests: 60 train coaches burnt, Railways suffers losses of Rs 700 croreScroll.in, 19 Jun 2022T5 SecondaryArchived 19 Jun 2022
  4. 4Secunderabad Railway Police invoke 14 charges against protestorsThe Hindu, 18 Jun 2022T5 SecondaryArchived 18 Jun 2022
  5. 5Why BJP finds itself isolated from allies JD-U, HAM as Agnipath protests set Bihar on fireThePrint, Dipak Mishra, 19 Jun 2022T4 ReportArchived 19 Jun 2022
  6. 6Agnipath protest: 805 nabbed, 148 FIRs lodge for creating public chaos in BiharHindustan Times, Subhash Pathak, 19 Jun 2022T4 ReportArchived 19 Jun 2022
  7. 7Agnipath protests: Bharat Bandh passes off peacefully in BiharHindustan Times, Subhash Pathak, 20 Jun 2022T4 ReportArchived 20 Jun 2022
  8. 8BJP in Bihar accuses State administration for targeted vandalismThe Hindu, Amarnath Tewary, 18 Jun 2022T4 ReportArchived 18 Jun 2022
  9. 9U.P. police arrest 340 people for protesting against Agnipath schemeThe Hindu, Omar Rashid, 19 Jun 2022T4 ReportArchived 20 Jun 2022
  10. 10Agnipath Row: 23 held, over 1K booked for violence in PalwalThe Tribune, 18 Jun 2022T5 SecondaryArchived 18 Jun 2022
  11. 11Violence against Agnipath scheme subsides in Bihar; over 800 arrested so farPTI via ThePrint, 19 Jun 2022T5 Secondary