Agnipath protests: Andhra Pradesh cops detain Secunderabad junction violence accused | Vijayawada News

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Police have detained the alleged mastermind of Friday’s violence at Secunderabad railway station in Telangana.
Avula Subbarao, the accused, is the director of Sai Defence Academy.
He allegedly gave provoking speeches and played a key role in arson and vandalism against the Agnipath scheme.
Police probing Friday’s violence suspect that Subbarao from Andhra Pradesh who runs a defense academy in Narasaraopeta to train army aspirants played a key role.
Sources said that the police detained him while he was on the way back to Narasaraopet from Hyderabad.
Police are expected to relase the list of students involved in the vandalism.
Police believe that the directors of some private academies may have provoked the youth and mobilized them by creating WhatsApp groups.
Railway and police authorities were caught unaware as more than 1,000 youth on Friday morning barged into the Secunderabad railway station and went on a rampage, burning train coaches, damaging parcel goods, and ransacking stalls.
Railway police had opened fire to quell the violence, resulting in the death of one aspirant and injuries to some others.
Secunderabad Railway Police booked cases against those indulging in violence.