Surendra Soren
Ranchi
JPSC-JSSC Reform Forum activist and student Amisha Prasad on Tuesday alleged that police took her from her residence to a police station without serving any prior notice and kept her there for around seven hours.
Addressing a press conference in Ranchi, Prasad alleged that police called her for questioning in connection with a hospital-related case that was nearly two months old. She claimed the action was taken under pressure from the Opposition and questioned the manner in which the case was registered.
Prasad said that during the JPSC-JSSC recruitment movement, police had initially told her that no case had been registered against her. However, according to her, a case was registered against her the following day. She questioned how a case could be registered within a day after police had allegedly stated that there was no case against her.
She also claimed that another case had been registered against her on the basis of a complaint by an unidentified person.
Prasad alleged that police were identifying her as a member of a foundation rather than as a student. Questioning the description, she said that even if she were not currently pursuing studies, she should still have the right to support the JPSC-JSSC reform movement.
On the hospital-related allegation, Prasad denied involvement in any vandalism and said the police could verify the CCTV footage to establish the facts. She also questioned why police had not addressed the alleged action against her on the day of the effigy-burning protest.
“My fight is not against any individual or for any personal issue. It is for students’ rights and reforms in the JPSC-JSSC examination system,” she said.
Another protester, Radhe Kumar, accused the government and administration of taking action against students and activists across all 24 districts of Jharkhand. He alleged that students had been subjected to lathi-charge at several places.
Kumar said the JPSC-JSSC Reform Forum’s agitation had remained peaceful. He claimed that even during the 26-day-long protest at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium, students had not indulged in vandalism.
He urged Chief Minister Hemant Soren to seriously consider the students’ demands and called for a CBI probe into the alleged examination irregularities.
Kumar also questioned the earlier investigation into the alleged paper leak. He said the CID had initially indicated that there was no paper leak, while subsequent developments reportedly led to action in cases related to leaked examination material.
“If the students were earlier given a clean chit, how did cases related to paper leaks emerge later?” he asked, demanding an independent investigation by the CBI instead of the CID.
The Reform Forum maintained that it would continue to press for transparency, accountability and reforms in the state’s recruitment examination system.
