Trains set on fire in India as anti-recruitment scheme protests continue

STORY: Trains set on fire in India as anti-recruitment scheme protests continue DATELINE: June 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of protest 2. various of trains on fire 3. various of protests in several parts of India STORYLINE: Violent protests continued in several parts of India, including Delhi, on Friday against the newly-announced recruitment scheme "Agnipath" in the armed forces, the agitated protesters set trains on fire at many places in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. More than 50 students assembled outside the ITO Metro Station in central Delhi, protesting against the new recruitment scheme even as the security personnel struggled to remove them. The protests have been going on in India for the past three days. The protesters allege several flaws in the new recruitment scheme, mainly the age bracket of 17-and-a-half years to 21 years and the fact that 75 percent of the recruits would be removed from service after four years as per the sc