BPSC examination row: Prashant Kishor, Jan Suraaj chief was despatched to 14-day judicial custody after he refused to just accept bail on Monday. The courtroom order got here after he refused to submit a surety bond for the bail. Kishor was adamant about persevering with his fast-unto-death in jail, demanding the cancellation of a Bihar Public Service Fee (BPSC) examination. Earlier within the day, he was arrested by the Patna police.
I rejected this bail order: Prashant Kishor
I used to be taken to courtroom and I used to be granted bail however, it’s written within the order that I shouldn’t do any wrongdoings, so I rejected this bail order, I accepted to go to jail, he stated.
“From 5-11 am, I used to be made to take a seat within the police automobile and stored taking me to totally different locations. No one advised me the place I used to be being taken though I requested them a number of occasions after 5 minutes, they took me to Fatwah’s neighborhood centre they usually wished to conduct my medical take a look at and get the certificates from docs. I refused to present my consent as a result of I didn’t do any felony exercise, I advised the docs this. The police tried to persuade the docs however they refused to present unlawful certificates. they recorded my assertion that I refused to present a medical take a look at,” the Jan Suraaj Celebration chief added.
Dramatic arrest of Prashant Kishor amid protest
Kishor, who was on a fast-unto-death at Gandhi Maidan in Patna was arrested early on Monday morning. Based on a senior police officer, Kishor and his supporters have been faraway from the protest website because the demonstration was being held close to a restricted space, making it “unlawful.”
Kishor was arrested on the fifth day of his protest over an alleged query paper leak within the December 13 examination carried out by Bihar PSC.
Based on Jan Suraaj get together’s supporters, police took Kishor to Patna AIIMS for a medical examination. Additionally they alleged that safety personnel manhandled and slapped Kishor whereas taking him into custody. Patna District Justice of the Peace (DM) Chandrashekhar Singh stated, “Sure, Kishor and his supporters, who have been on a dharna at Gandhi Maidan, have been arrested by police on Monday morning. They are going to be produced earlier than a courtroom.”
The DM stated their demonstration was “unlawful” as they have been holding it close to the restricted website. “Regardless of repeated requests by the officers, they didn’t go away the place. They’d additionally been served a discover by the district administration to shift their dharna to Gardani Bagh, the devoted place for holding protests,” the DM stated.
Concerning allegations of manhandling, the DM stated, “Kishor was not manhandled by safety personnel. Police solely eliminated supporters who tried to forestall his arrest.”
(With companies inputs)