Belagavi police tightened security measures to stop any kind of agitations against the Agnipath scheme of contractual employment in the Defence forces.
The police took some youth leaders into preventive custody. All India Democratic Youth Organisation leader Siddlinga Bagewadi and Raju Ganagi were among those taken into custody. AIDYO activists said that the two leaders were taken into custody when they went to the Khade Bazaar Police Station on Sunday, to seek permission for Monday’s protest in Belagavi.
The police also collected students’ leaders who had gathered at the Rani Channamma Circle and surrounding areas and took them away in buses. At least two buses were filled with students, activists said.
