Student protesters demanding a single test for teachers’ recruitment in Bihar clashed with police on Tuesday after breaking through barricades while marching towards the governor and chief minister Samrat Choudhary’s residences in Patna .
Tight security arrangements were in place from Gandhi Maidan to the CM’s residence, with the authorities deploying anti-riot Rapid Action Force and CRPF along with the state police in central Patna ahead of the march. Police used water cannons to disperse the protesters at JP Golambar at Gandhi Maidan. Deputy superintendent of police Kamakhya Narayan Singh was among the policemen injured. Four protestors were detained on the charges of ransack and attack on police team. Protesters alleged that police used baton charge when they arrived university campus with their demands over suspected irregularities in the results.
Police said they used force when protesters broke barricades and allegedly threw stones. Meanwhile, hundreds of nursing students who have been protesting outside Bihar Health Sciences University (BHSU) in Patna against alleged irregularities in the examination results clashed with police on Tuesday, leaving several students and two policemen injured.
