{"id":10738,"date":"2026-08-10T10:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=10738"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:55:28","slug":"watch-jharkhand-students-carry-mahto-as-police-lathicharge-use-water-cannons-tear-gas-during-march-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=10738","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Jharkhand students carry Mahto as police lathicharge, use water cannons, tear gas during march | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133094751,imgsize-18934024,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/water-cannons-lathi-charge-rock-jharkhand-protest-credit-ani.jpg\" alt=\"Watch: Jharkhand students carry Mahto as police lathicharge, use water cannons, tear gas during march\" title=\"Police deployed water cannons as the crowd pushed through successive barricades before resorting to a lathi charge to prevent further movement.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Police deployed water cannons as the crowd pushed through successive barricades before resorting to a lathi charge to prevent further movement.\">Police deployed water cannons as the crowd pushed through successive barricades before resorting to a lathi charge to prevent further movement.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Police on Monday used water cannons, tear gas and resorted to a lathi charge as thousands of students protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations marched towards the Jharkhand Assembly in Ranchi.<!-- --> The protesters attempted to breach multiple layers of barricades as they advanced towards the Assembly.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>At least three people, including two protesters and a Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) personnel, were injured during the confrontation, according to officials. The protesters were taking part in the \u2018Vidhan Sabha Gherao\u2019 march organised by the JPSC-JSSC Reform Morcha.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Several videos surfaced online showing protesters advancing towards the Assembly despite multiple layers of barricading and heightened security as the Monsoon Session of the Jharkhand Assembly remained underway. <!-- -->Videos also showed police using water cannons against the protesters, some of whom were seen dancing and raising slogans as they faced the water jets.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Police deployed water cannons as the crowd pushed through successive barricades before resorting to a lathi charge to prevent further movement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM) leader Devendra Nath Mahto also joined the march and was seen being carried by protesters as they moved towards the Assembly. Mahto has been on a hunger strike at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium, the main protest site, for the past nine days.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Carrying a portrait of former Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren, Mahto said, \u201cDespite being on hunger strike, the barbed wires will not be able to stop us. I came here in an ambulance. The government will have to listen to us.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Mahto said protesters had already crossed three layers of barricading and questioned the government&#8217;s response to the agitation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>\u201cI am no God or messiah; I am a common man. There will be no change in my personal life. But the barbed wires hurt more than the hunger strike. Students crossed three layers of barricading. Why does the government want anarchy and not agree to students&#8217; demands?\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>He also urged chief minister Hemant Soren not to allow the situation to escalate.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>\u201cToday it&#8217;s CM Hemant Soren&#8217;s birthday, and he should not take such a step where some unfortunate events like at the Jantar Mantar take place here. <!-- -->Do not do anything that causes someone to bleed or get injured and makes the crowd even more agitated,\u201d Mahto said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>\u201cArrest is a legal process, but there should be no bloodshed. If the government does not agree to the demands, it will be remembered as the one which killed democracy. I will not end the fast,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/>Vikram Kumar, a student protester injured in the lathi charge, alleged that police action came without provocation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/>\u201cHemant Soren ji, you should not have done this. We were protesting peacefully. We did not even hurl any abuses. Suddenly, the police launched a lathi charge. This is not good,\u201d Kumar said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"49\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"51\"\/>The protesters are demanding cancellation of the JSSC-CGL examination, a CBI probe into alleged irregularities and reforms to the recruitment process.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"53\"\/>The agitation coincided with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registering an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with alleged irregularities in examinations conducted by the JPSC.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/watch-jharkhand-students-carry-mahto-as-police-lathicharge-use-water-cannons-during-march\/articleshow\/133094529.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police deployed water cannons as the crowd pushed through successive barricades before resorting to a lathi charge to prevent further movement. Police on Monday used water cannons, tear gas and resorted to a lathi charge as thousands of students protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations marched towards the Jharkhand Assembly in Ranchi. 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