Watch: Jharkhand students carry Mahto as police lathicharge, use water cannons, tear gas during march

Police
deployed
wate
ca o s
as
the
c owd
pushed
th ough
successive
ba icades
befo e
eso ti g
to
a
lathi
cha ge
to
p eve t
fu the
moveme t.

Police
o
Mo day
used
wate
ca o s,
tea
gas
a d
eso ted
to
a
lathi
cha ge
as
thousa ds
of
stude ts
p otesti g
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s
ma ched
towa ds
the
Jha kha d
Assembly
i
Ra chi.
The
p oteste s
attempted
to
b each
multiple
laye s
of
ba icades
as
they
adva ced
towa ds
the
Assembly.At
least
th ee
people,
i cludi g
two
p oteste s
a d
a
Jha kha d
A med
Police
(JAP)
pe so el,
we e
i ju ed
du i g
the
co f o tatio ,
acco di g
to
officials.
The
p oteste s
we e
taki g
pa t
i
the
‘Vidha
Sabha
Ghe ao’
ma ch
o ga ised
by
the
JPSC-JSSC
Refo m
Mo cha.

Seve al
videos
su faced
o li e
showi g
p oteste s
adva ci g
towa ds
the
Assembly
despite
multiple
laye s
of
ba icadi g
a d
heighte ed
secu ity
as
the
Mo soo
Sessio
of
the
Jha kha d
Assembly
emai ed
u de way.
Videos
also
showed
police
usi g
wate
ca o s
agai st
the
p oteste s,
some
of
whom
we e
see
da ci g
a d
aisi g
sloga s
as
they
faced
the
wate
jets.Police
deployed
wate
ca o s
as
the
c owd
pushed
th ough
successive
ba icades
befo e
eso ti g
to
a
lathi
cha ge
to
p eve t
fu the
moveme t.

Jha kha d
Lokta t ik
K a tika i
Mo cha
(JLKM)
leade
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto
also
joi ed
the
ma ch
a d
was
see
bei g
ca ied
by
p oteste s
as
they
moved
towa ds
the
Assembly.

Mahto
has
bee
o
a
hu ge
st ike
at
Jaipal
Si gh
Mu da
Stadium,
the
mai
p otest
site,
fo
the
past
i e
days.Ca yi g
a
po t ait
of
fo me
Jha kha d
chief
mi iste
Shibu
So e ,
Mahto
said,
“Despite
bei g
o
hu ge
st ike,
the
ba bed
wi es
will
ot
be
able
to
stop
us.
I
came
he e
i
a
ambula ce.
The
gove me t
will
have
to
liste
to
us.”

Mahto
said
p oteste s
had
al eady
c ossed
th ee
laye s
of
ba icadi g
a d
questio ed
the
gove me t’s
espo se
to
the
agitatio .“I
am
o
God
o
messiah;
I
am
a
commo
ma .
The e
will
be
o
cha ge
i
my
pe so al
life.
But
the
ba bed
wi es
hu t
mo e
tha
the
hu ge
st ike.
Stude ts
c ossed
th ee
laye s
of
ba icadi g.
Why
does
the
gove me t
wa t
a a chy
a d
ot
ag ee
to
stude ts’
dema ds?”
he
said.He
also
u ged
chief
mi iste
Hema t
So e
ot
to
allow
the
situatio
to
escalate.“Today
it’s
CM
Hema t
So e ‘s
bi thday,
a d
he
should
ot
take
such
a
step
whe e
some
u fo tu ate
eve ts
like
at
the
Ja ta
Ma ta
take
place
he e.
Do
ot
do
a ythi g
that
causes
someo e
to
bleed
o
get
i ju ed
a d
makes
the
c owd
eve
mo e
agitated,”
Mahto
said.

“A est
is
a
legal
p ocess,
but
the e
should
be
o
bloodshed.
If
the
gove me t
does
ot
ag ee
to
the
dema ds,
it
will
be
emembe ed
as
the
o e
which
killed
democ acy.
I
will
ot
e d
the
fast,”
he
added.

Vik am
Kuma ,
a
stude t
p oteste
i ju ed
i
the
lathi
cha ge,
alleged
that
police
actio
came
without
p ovocatio .“Hema t
So e
ji,
you
should
ot
have
do e
this.
We
we e
p otesti g
peacefully.
We
did
ot
eve
hu l
a y
abuses.
Sudde ly,
the
police
lau ched
a
lathi
cha ge.
This
is
ot
good,”
Kuma
said.

The
p oteste s
a e
dema di g
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio ,
a
CBI
p obe
i to
alleged
i egula ities
a d
efo ms
to
the
ec uitme t
p ocess.The
agitatio
coi cided
with
the
E fo ceme t
Di ecto ate
(ED)
egiste i g
a
E fo ceme t
Case
I fo matio
Repo t
(ECIR)
u de
the
P eve tio
of
Mo ey
Lau de i g
Act
(PMLA)
i
co ectio
with
alleged
i egula ities
i
exami atio s
co ducted
by
the
JPSC.

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