The new military recruitment scheme, Agnipath, has boiled into a major issue for the government with protests now spreading to eight states. A person died in police firing as mob set fire to trains and damaged properties, creating a security scare.
In Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao expressed shock and grief over the death of a 24-year-old man who died after security personnel opened fire at agitators at the Secunderabad railway station on Friday.
Mr Rao announced Rs 25 Lakhs compensation to the victim's family and also one government job to an eligible member of the family, his office said in a release
