Uttar Pradesh: Seven arrested for assaulting Army soldier at Meerut toll plaza

Seven persons have been arrested for assaulting an Indian Army soldier at a toll plaza in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district on Sunday, said the police on Monday.

The soldier, Kapil Singh of the Army’s Rajput Regiment and a resident of Gotka village, was assaulted while travelling to the Delhi airport to return to duty in Srinagar, said Meerut Superintendent of Police (Rural) Rakesh Kumar Mishra.

He requested to be let through quickly as he had an early morning flight and showed his Army identity card. However, the toll plaza staff got into an argument with him, which soon escalated into a violent altercation, said Singh’s brother Pradeep.