The Government Railway Police, Secunderabad, on Saturday took secured the custody of 45 persons accused of resorting to arson and loot at the Secunderabad railway station during a protest against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme on June 17.
The Railway Court granted the police two-day custody of the accused, for Saturday and Sunday. The police were seen shifting the accused persons in a van from Chanchalguda prison to the Secunderabad unit.
The June 17 violence, according to railway officials, resulted in a preliminary estimated loss of ₹12 crore in damages caused to locomotives, coaches and various installations at the station.
