Patna Protest News Today

The Bihar Police has claimed that Singh was not killed in lathi-charge as he was not present at the protest site in Patna when the police action took place, PTI report said citing a police statement.

A BJP leader died as police in Patna fired tear gas shells, used water cannons and resorted to a lathicharge to stop party workers from marching to the Bihar Assembly during a massive protest against the Nitish Kumar-led government in the state.

BJP worker in Bihar dies during teacher recruitment policy protest. BJP alleges he died from police lathi charge, but local administration denies.

After Jehanabad district general secretary Vijay Kumar Singh’s death, state BJP chief Samrat Choudhary says, “How can the state government comment on the reasons for Singh's death when the postmortem has not been conducted yet?”

National Investigation Agency (NIA) files chargesheet against Myanmar national and two militants for extortion and terror funding by banned rebel outfit in Manipur.

At the protest, Ghaznavi said:

Bihar Police resorted to the lathi charge against Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) aspirants and arrested some of them. The students were demanding cancellation of the clerk grade written exam conducted by BSSC after it got leaked.

Patna District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh said the police had to use batons and water cannons to disperse the protesters as they refused to call off the agitation and allow traffic movement, despite repeated requests.

A video showing an official, allegedly Patna ADM, brutally thrashing a protester lying on the ground and holding tricolour aloft has triggered outrage

ADM assaults job aspirant: