New Delhi, June 26 (PTI): Apprehension continues to remain over the future of soldiers to be recruited under the ‘Agnipath’ scheme as the Centre and several state governments are yet to roll out a comprehensive plan for their rehabilitation once they retire after four years of service in the armed forces. Adding to the anxiety of the youths, none of the states ruled by the opposition parties announced any favourable recruitment scheme for ‘Agniveers’ to be hired under the scheme, while a few demanded that it be completely withdrawn. After the June 14 announcement of the ‘Agnipath’ scheme, at least 18 states and Union Territories – Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi – witnessed protests, some of them violent. While BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana
Experts also believe that the entire process may come under legal scrutiny as it is not clear whether the pay of a retired 'Agniveer' after the four-year-stint in the armed forces will be protected and seniority maintained.
In a release, the DRI said these bags having heroin-soaked threads were shipped along with other bags having bales of normal threads to avoid detection by the authorities.
In a joint operation, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad(ATS) and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have recovered nearly 90 kilogram of heroin worth Rs 450 crore from a shipping container that arrived at the Pipavav port