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Agnipath scheme protests: Mob sets train on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia

BALLIA: A mob vandalised and set a train on fire on Friday morning at the Ballia railway station in Uttar Pradesh during a protest against the Centre's Agnipath recruitment scheme.

Police forces have been deployed at the station to disperse the crowd.

"Forces have been deployed at the station since morning. A few hooligans reached there but they were stopped from damaging much; they attempted stone-pelting. Action being taken," Ballia DM Saumya Agarwal said.

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