RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Nov.23: Police resorted to lathicharge as a section of students assembled near Bapu Vatika in Morabadi ground was all set to go to the JPSC office located at the Circular road to stage a demonstration against the irregularities in publication of result of JPSC preliminary test result.
The incident took place around 12 noon as the agitating students attempted to break the barricading to stop the progress of agitators towards the Circular Road, which is about one kilometre from the spot.
Hatia MLA Naveen Jaiswal and Bhavnathpur MLA Bhanu Pratap Shahi, both from BJP, were present on the occasion to express their solidarity with agitating students.
A few minutes before the incident, Padmashri Madhu Mansoori had also visited the spot to express his solidarity with the agitators and had expressed his concern over the perennial problem of corruption in the recruitment agency.
S.P (city) Saurabh Kumar was not aware of the development when contacted for comment around 12.25pm. “I am in a meeting and can’t say why the situation arose,” he said, expressing his inability to give any comment on the matter.
Safique Imam, co-ordinator of Jharkhand Youth Association, said the situation came due to politicisation of the issue. “As politicians got involved in the incident, the situation arose. Mansoori Ji had come and asked agitators not to take law in their hands but despite the entire situation came. It is a matter of concern.”
