Protests continued on third consecutive day against Agniveer scheme in Dhanbad today, amidst heavy security arrangement around Dhanbad Railway station to prevent any untoward incident .
However, some youth protesters blocked Bhuli By pass road for over two hours by burning tyres to protest their anger against the Agniveer recruitment scheme in Armed forces. However, police managed to remove the protestors after two hours of protest .
In view of the railway being soft target of hooligans during the ongoing protests,elaborate security arrangements were made to prevent any damage to railway property here in Dhanbad.
Two layer of barracading was done to prevent any entry of hooligans inside station both at north and south side of station besides other entry points including Gaya bridge with deoyment of armed forces. Doran cameras were deployed to check hooligans .Earliear, Rural SP R Rameshan, SDM PK Tiwari and other senior railway police officers had held discussions on security measures .
There was little impact of bandh call by a section of protestors as markets at several locations remained closed owing weekly shut down day.