Jharkhand protest: Police defend ‘mild force’, to scan CCTV for miscreants – key points

The
stude ts
have
bee
p otesti g
agai st
alleged
i egula ities
i
JPSC
a d
JSSC
ec uitme t
exami atio s.

NEW
DELHI:
Police
will
exami e
CCTV
footage
to
ide tify
people
they
allege
dis upted
a
la gely
peaceful
stude t
p otest
i
Ra chi
o
Mo day,
as
top
officials
defe ded
the
use
of
“mild”
a d
“mi imum”
fo ce
to
dispe se
job
aspi a ts
ma chi g
towa ds
the
Jha kha d
Assembly.The
agitatio ,
which
e te ed
its
17th
day,
saw
police
use
wate
ca o s,
tea
gas
a d
lathicha ge
du i g
the
‘Vidha
Sabha
Ghe ao’
ma ch
by
stude ts
p otesti g
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s
co ducted
by
the
Jha kha d
Public
Se vice
Commissio
(JPSC)
a d
Jha kha d
Staff
Selectio
Commissio
(JSSC).While
police
said
p oteste s
efused
epeated
equests
to
clea
the
oute
a d
alleged
that
some
people
damaged
ba icades,
pelted
sto es
a d
t ied
to
stop
vehicles,
stude t
p oteste s
accused
police
of
usi g
fo ce
without
wa i g.
A
i ju ed
p oteste
claimed
that
at
least
100
you g
me
we e
beate
du i g
the
lathicha ge.Police
to
a alyse
CCTV
footageRa chi
SSP
Rakesh
Ra ja
said
police
would
exami e
CCTV
footage
f om
the
p otest
to
ide tify
those
allegedly
espo sible
fo
dis upti g
the
demo st atio .”Police
will
a alyse
CCTV
footage
to
ide tify
a ti-social
eleme ts
who
dis upted
the
peaceful
stude ts’
p otest,”
Rakesh
Ra ja
told
epo te s.

Ra ja
said
14
police
pe so el
we e
i ju ed
du i g
Mo day’s
p otest,
i cludi g
o e
who
suffe ed
a
majo
i ju y.
Acco di g
to
him,
police
used
o ly
the
mi imum
fo ce
equi ed
to
b i g
the
situatio
u de
co t ol.”We
had
p eviously
commu icated–a d
it
was
ag eed–that
the
siege
of
the
Legislative
Assembly
complex
would
be
e ti ely
peaceful.
The
police
exe cised
co side able
est ai t,
a d
we
allowed
the
stude ts
to
p oceed
g adually
as
fa
as
they
wished
to
go.
We
employed
the
mi imum
amou t
of
fo ce
ecessa y
based
o
the
u foldi g
situatio ,
a d
as
a
esult,
the
cu e t
situatio
is
peaceful,”
SSP
Ra ja
said
i
the
joi t
p esse .He
alleged
that
some
p oteste s
epeatedly
t ied
to
c eate
a
distu ba ce,
i cludi g
attempts
to
stop
vehicles
a d
objects
bei g
th ow
at
them.”The
police
used
mi imal
fo ce;
we
allowed
the
p oteste s
to
do
whateve
they
wished
to
do
all
day
lo g.
We
made
eve y
effo t
to
easo
with
them
a d
pe suade
them
ge tly.
The e
we e
some
i dividuals
who
did
ot
liste
a d
epeatedly
t ied
to
c eate
a
uckus.
Attempts
we e
made
to
stop
passi g
vehicles–i cludi g
those
of
officials–a d
objects
like
shoes
a d
slippe s
we e
hu led
at
them,”
Ra chi
SSP
added.

DC
says
sto e
was
th ow
at
jawa Ra chi
Deputy
Commissio e
Ma ju ath
Bhaja t i
also
defe ded
the
police
actio ,
sayi g
the
fo ce
had
exe cised
est ai t
th oughout
the
p otest
a d
i te ve ed
o ly
afte
a
police
pe so el
was
allegedly
put
i
da ge .”O
July
24,
some
stude ts
a d
stude t
leade s
lau ched
a
i defi ite
p otest.
Si ce
it
had
sta ted
without
pe missio –a d
give
the
upcomi g
Du a d
Cup
a d
T ibal
Festival–a
equest
was
made
fo
them
to
elocate;
they
subseque tly
moved
to
Jaipal
Si gh
Stadium
o
July
28,”
DC
Bhaja t i
said.He
said
the
p otest
co ti ued
at
the
stadium
while
talks
we e
held
betwee
stude t
ep ese tatives
a d
a
state
gove me t
committee.
The
agitatio
late
i te sified
afte
stude t
o ga isatio s
called
fo
a
siege
of
the
Assembly.”Th oughout
this,
ou
police
fo ce
demo st ated
est ai t
a d
st ove
to
avoid
usi g
fo ce.
Amidst
this,
ce tai
a ti-social
eleme ts
attempted
to
p ovoke
the
police
a d
officials;
a
sto e
was
th ow
at
a
jawa ,
a d
a othe
jawa
was
bei g
c ushed
by
the
c owd,
placi g
his
life
i
da ge .
Co seque tly,
the
police
used
mild
fo ce
to
escue
the
jawa ,”
the
DC
said.

Bhaja t i
said
p oteste s
had
also
efused
epeated
appeals
by
police
a d
magist ates
to
clea
a
oute
towa ds
the
Assembly.”Despite
epeated
equests
f om
the
police
a d
magist ates
to
clea
a
path,
the
p oteste s
efused
to
do
so;
the efo e,
mild
fo ce
was
used
to
emove
them
a d
o malise
the
situatio ,”
he
said.The
DC
also
called
fo
those
allegedly
attempti g
to
distu b
the
peace
to
be
ide tified.”I
u ge
that
the
a ti-social
eleme ts
who
a e
joi i g
i
to
i cite
such
situatio s
be
ide tified.
The
police
will
also
take
fu the
actio
to
ide tify
them,”
he
said.

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