GUMLA: Agnipath protests on Saturday spread to Gumla, the home district of Lance Naik Albert Ekka — the hero of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War — as Army aspirants demonstrated in the town, demanding the rollback of the new recruitment scheme.
The protesters took out a rally from the Albert Ekka Chowk Stadium amid heavy police deployment. Holding placards, they shouted slogans against Union defence minister Ranjanth Singh and the Centre, demanding the resumption of stalled Army recruitment process.