# Drunk Agniveer held in Meerut for assaulting police 2026-08-17T07:41:13+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet An Agniveer recruit was detained in Meerut on August 16 for allegedly misbehaving with and assaulting police personnel while under the influence of alcohol. The incident occurred in the Kankarkheda police station area. Police launched an investigation after a video of the assault surfaced on Sunday evening. Circle Officer (CO) Daurala, Shiv Thakur, confirmed the video showed an Army soldier misbehaving with police on a Police Response Vehicle. The recruit has been handed over to the Military Police for further action. No formal case has been registered at the Kankarkheda police station yet. The police and Military Police are conducting a joint inquiry. ## Coverage - rediff.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Agniveer, Indian Army, Meerut, Military Police Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/drunk-agniveer-held-in-meerut-for-assaulting-police/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/drunk-agniveer-held-in-meerut-for-assaulting-police/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/