Ranchi Student Protest: Thousands Mobilise for Peace March to Assembly Amid Heavy Police Security

The
stude t
agitatio
i
Ra chi
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
JPSC
a d
JSSC
exami atio s
i te sified
o
Mo day
as
p oteste s
p epa ed
to
ma ch
towa ds
the
Jha kha d
Assembly.
The
stude ts
have
desc ibed
the
pla ed
mobilisatio
as
a
peaceful
ma ch
a d
said
they
i te d
to
each
the
desig ated
secu ity
pe imete
ea
the
Assembly
to
p ess
thei
dema ds.
The
ma ch
is
scheduled
to
begi
f om
the
old
Assembly
p emises
befo e
movi g
th ough
Hi guch,
Bi sa
Chowk
a d
Dhu wa
towa ds
the
ew
Assembly
complex.
Heavy
ba icadi g,
i cludi g
ba ie s
ei fo ced
with
ba bed
wi e,
has
bee
placed
a ou d
half
a
kilomet e
f om
the
Assembly
as
autho ities
p epa e
fo
the
gathe i g.
G ou d
visuals
showed
the
mai
p otest
site
la gely
empty
as
ma y
stude ts
left
ea ly
fo
the
old
Assembly,
fea i g
that
outes
could
be
est icted
late .
P otest
leade s
said
the
ma ch
would
emai
peaceful
a d
u ged
the
admi ist atio
to
coope ate
with
the
p oteste s.
Stude ts
eite ated
thei
dema d
fo
actio
ove
alleged
exami atio
i egula ities,
pa ticula ly
co ce i g
the
JSSC
CGL
exami atio .
P oteste s
claimed
that
evide ce
cited
i
the
CID
i vestigatio
should
be
co side ed
while
decidi g
o
ca cellatio
of
the
exami atio .
O ga ise s
also
alleged
that
stude ts
t avelli g
to
Ra chi
f om
dist icts
such
as
Haza ibagh,
Godda
a d
Palamu
we e
faci g
checks
a d
est ictio s
at
ailway
statio s
a d
o
oads.
Police
have
ot
bee
i depe de tly
quoted
i
the
supplied
epo t
o
each
of
these
allegatio s.
O e
p otest
leade
claimed
that
mo e
tha
5,000
stude ts
had
al eady
gathe ed,
while
la ge
umbe s
we e
expected
to
a ive
f om
ac oss
Jha kha d.
The
o ga ise s
said
they
would
stop
whe eve
police
i st ucted
them
to
do
so
a d
had
o
pla
to
b each
the
ba icades.

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