Abhijeet Dipke Speaks To Jharkhand Protest Leader Devendra Mahto, Condemns Police Lathi-Charge

Cock oach
Ja ta
Pa ty
(CJP)
fou de
Abhijeet
Dipke
o
Mo day
spoke
ove
the
pho e
with
Deve d a
Mahto,
who
has
bee
o
a
hu ge
st ike
fo
the
past
i e
days
amid
the
stude t
p otest
i
Ra chi
agai st
alleged
i egula ities
i
JPSC
a d
JSSC
ec uitme t
exami atio s.

The
stude t
agitatio
i
Ra chi
has
bee
co ti ui g
fo
18
days.
Dipke
c iticised
the
alleged
police
lathi-cha ge
o
p oteste s
a d
said
the
t eatme t
of
stude ts
i
Ra chi
eflected
what
he
desc ibed
as
“c uelty
a d
i huma ity& dquo;.

I
a
post
o
social
media
platfo m
X,
Dipke
sha ed
sc ee shots
f om
his
video
call
with
Mahto.
He
said
Mahto
told
him
that
police
allegedly
lathi-cha ged
him
befo e
he
was
take
to
hospital,
leavi g
him
with
sig ifica t
i ju ies.

Spoke
to
Deve d a
Mahto,
who
has
bee
o
a
hu ge
st ike
fo
the
past
9
days.

He
told
me
that
befo e
bei g
take
to
the
hospital,
he
was
lathi-cha ged
by
the
police
a d
suffe ed
i ju ies.
He
is
also
expe ie ci g
chest
pai .

Be
it
Ja ta
Ma ta
o
Jha kha d,
such
police…

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—
Abhijeet
Dipke
(@abhijeet_dipke)

August
10,
2026

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‘C itical’,
Hospitalised
Du i g
Ra chi
Stude t
Ma ch

Dipke
Co dem s
Police
Actio & bsp;

Sha i g
details
of
his
co ve satio ,
Dipke
said
Mahto
had
bee
fasti g
fo
i e
days
a d
claimed
that
he
was
assaulted
by
police
befo e
bei g
take
to
hospital.

“I
spoke
to
Deve d a
Mahto,
who
has
bee
o
hu ge
st ike
fo
the
past
i e
days.
He
told
me
that
befo e
bei g
take
to
hospital,
police
lathi-cha ged
him,
causi g
him
sig ifica t
i ju ies.
He
is
also
expe ie ci g
co side able
pai
i
his
chest,& dquo;
Dipke
said
i
his
post.

The
CJP
fou de
also
c iticised
the
alleged
police
actio
agai st
p otesti g
stude ts.
He
said
simila
t eatme t
of
stude ts,
whethe
at
Delhi’s
Ja ta
Ma ta
o
i
Jha kha d,
eflected
what
he
called
the
“c uelty
a d
i huma ity& dquo;
of
the
police.

Dipke
said
the
CJP
stood
fi mly
with
Mahto
a d
his
cause,
calli g
him
a
“t ue
he o& dquo;
a d
p aisi g
his
cou age
a d
dete mi atio .

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Jha kha d
CID
A ests
Fo me
JPSC
Chai ma
L
Khia gte
Amid
Stude t
P otests

P otest
Co ti ues
Despite
Police
Actio

The
stude t
moveme t
i
Ra chi
agai st
alleged
i egula ities
i
JPSC
a d
JSSC
ec uitme t
exami atio s
co ti ued
fo
the
18th
co secutive
day
o
Mo day.
Thousa ds
of
stude ts
had
gathe ed
f om
a ou d
9
am
fo
a
ma ch
towa ds
the
Jha kha d
Assembly.

The
p oteste s
emai ed
at
the
site
eve
afte
4
pm,
despite
police
actio
du i g
the
demo st atio .
Acco di g
to
the
epo t,
wate
ca o s,
tea
gas
shells
a d
lathis
we e
used
du i g
the
p otest,
but
the
demo st ato s
co ti ued
thei
agitatio .

The
stude ts
have
bee
dema di g
actio
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
the
ec uitme t
exami atio s.
The
p otest
has
co ti ued
despite
the
escalatio
du i g
Mo day’s
Assembly
ma ch.

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