Jharkhand assembly gherao: Security stepped up with 750m curbs, barbed-wire barricades

Jha kha d
Police
imposed
p ohibito y
o de s
a ou d
the
Assembly
a d
st e gthe ed
secu ity
ac oss
the
city
as
stude ts
ma ched
agai st
alleged
ec uitme t
exam
i egula ities.

NEW
DELHI:
Ra chi
is
u de
heighte ed
secu ity
o
Mo day
as
p otesti g
stude ts
p epa e
to
ma ch
to
the
Jha kha d
Vidha
Sabha
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s.
The
stude ts,
who
have
bee
agitati g
fo
16
days,
have
a ou ced
a
‘Vidha
Sabha
Ma ch’
despite
the
state
gove me t
sayi g
it
has
accepted
98
pe
ce t
of
thei
dema ds.

Ma ch
to
begi
at
10:30
am

The
ma ch
is
scheduled
to
begi
betwee
10:30
a d
11
am,
with
stude ts
gathe i g
at
Jaipal
Si gh
Mu da
Stadium
f om
9
am,
acco di g
to
stude t
leade
Ravi d a
Paswa .
He
u ged
p oteste s
to
emai
peaceful
a d
follow
co stitutio al
o ms.Speaki g
to
ANI,
Paswa
said,
“A
ma ch
to
the
Vidha
Sabha
a d
a
ghe ao
will
be
co ducted
i
a
peaceful
a d
co stitutio al
ma e .
Stude ts
sta ted
gathe i g
the e
at
9:00
AM.
The
ma ch
will
comme ce
betwee
10:30
a d
11:00
AM.
I
u ge
all
stude ts
a d
the
ge e al
public
to
mai tai
peace
a d
adhe e
to
co stitutio al
o ms.
Si ce
we
stude ts
a e
leadi g
this
moveme t,
we
must
demo st ate
that
we
a e
discipli ed
a d
educated.
Stude ts
f om
eve y
dist ict
of
Jha kha d
a e
a ivi g
fo
today’s
p otest;
the e
will
be
a
massive
tu out.”

P ohibito y
o de s
a ou d
Assembly

A
p ohibito y
o de
has
bee
imposed
withi
a
750-met e
adius
of
the
Jha kha d
Vidha
Sabha
f om
August
6
to
12.

The
est ictio s
will
emai
i
fo ce
f om
6
am
to
10
pm
each
day.

Ba icades
a d
ba bed
wi e
deployed

Police
have
put
up
ba icades
a ou d
the
Assembly
p emises,
with
ba bed
wi e
i stalled
at
pa ts
of
the
p otest
oute
to
p eve t
demo st ato s
f om
eachi g
est icted
a eas.Ra chi
SSP
Rakesh
Ra ja
said
that
mai tai i g
law
a d
o de
du i g
the
ma ch
is
eve yo e’s
espo sibility.
“We
do
ot
wa t
a
blot
o
the
ca ee
of
a y
stude t
due
to
dis uptio
of
law
a d
o de .
Ba icades
have
bee
put
i
place
at
majo
poi ts
with
the
deployme t
of
adequate
police
fo ce
ac oss
the
city,”
the
SSP
said.

Secu ity
stepped
up
ac oss
Ra chi

The
Jha kha d
Police
a d
dist ict
admi ist atio
have
made
elabo ate
secu ity
a a geme ts
ac oss
the
city
ahead
of
the
stude ts’
‘Vidha
Sabha
Ma ch’.
The
gove me t
said
o
stude t
would
be
ha assed
du i g
the
p otest.

Schools
to
emai
closed

Most
schools
i
Ra chi
will
emai
closed
o
Mo day
i
view
of
the
pla ed
ma ch,
with
autho ities
taki g
p ecautio a y
measu es
ahead
of
the
expected
tu out.

Ra chi
admi ist atio
wa s
agai st
agg essive
p otests

The
Ra chi
dist ict
admi ist atio
appealed
to
agitati g
stude ts
to
ef ai
f om
agg essive
demo st atio s
a d
cautio ed
agai st
viole ce
o
illegal
activities
du i g
the
ma ch
to
the
Assembly.

BJP
alleges
Aditya
Sahu
placed
u de
house
a est

BJP
leade
Ama
Bau i
alleged
that
the
pa ty’s
state
u it
p eside t
Aditya
Sahu
had
bee
“put
u de
house
a est”
ahead
of
Mo day’s
p otest.

Jamshedpu
also
u de
est ictio s

A
p ohibito y
o de
was
imposed
i
Jamshedpu
f om
Su day
mid ight
i
view
of
the
p otest
ma ch
i
Ra chi,
acco di g
to
a
official
stateme t.

Stude ts
allege
police
stoppi g
p oteste s
f om
eachi g
Ra chi

P oteste s
alleged
that
hu d eds
of
stude ts
t avelli g
to
Ra chi
f om
diffe e t
pa ts
of
Jha kha d
we e
bei g
stopped
by
police
fo cefully.

Stude ts
asked
to
mai tai
peace

Stude t
leade
Ravi d a
Paswa
u ged
p oteste s
to
emai
peaceful
a d
follow
co stitutio al
o ms
du i g
the
ma ch,
which
is
scheduled
to
begi
betwee
10:30
a d
11
am.

Police
cla ifies
vi al
‘pellet
gu ’
video

Ra chi
City
SP
Pa as
Ra a
add essed
co ce s
ove
a
vi al
video
that
appea ed
to
show
a
pellet
gu ,
cla ifyi g
that
the
weapo
was
actually
a
pai tball
gu .
“If
a
pellet
gu
is
bei g
ca ied,
it
is
st ictly
fo
eme ge cy
situatio s.
Rega di g
the
vi al
video–what
is
bei g
mistake
fo
a
pellet
gu
is
actually
a
pai tball
gu ;
it
fi es
soft,
colo ed
balls
used
to
ma k
a d
ide tify
t oublemake s.
It
is
ot
a
pellet
gu ,”
he
was
quoted
by
ANI
as
sayi g.

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