Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Jharkhand Students Allege Police Lathi-Charged 100 Protesters Without Warning
Some students in a place called Jharkhand had a protest.
They wanted to talk to the government leaders.
They sat outside the building where the leaders work.
The students said the leaders never came to talk with them.
Then the police arrived, the students say.
The police used long sticks called lathis.
The students say the police started hitting them without any warning.
At least 100 young people were hurt, according to the students.
Some women students were also injured.
The protesters are upset and say the police were too rough.
Protesters in Jharkhand condemned police action during a march outside the Legislative Assembly.
An injured student alleged that at least 100 young people were lathi-charged without any warning.
Women students were among those reportedly injured in the police action.
Injured protester Shivam told ANI that government officials never came to respond before police moved in.
Protesters said they were waiting for a government response when the lathi charge began.
- Who
- Student protesters in Jharkhand, including injured protester Shivam, and police who carried out the lathi charge.
- What
- Protesters allege police lathi-charged at least 100 young people, including women students, without warning during a march.
- When
- Not specified in the articles.
- Where
- Outside the Legislative Assembly in Jharkhand.
- Why
- Protesters were awaiting a government response during their demonstration; they say police acted without prior warning or exchange of words.
- Location
- Outside the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
- Alleged number lathi-charged
- At least 100 young people
- Warning given
- None, according to protesters
- Reported injuries
- Women students among those injured
- Named eyewitness
- Injured protester Shivam
- Source
- Interview given to ANI
- Government response
- No sign of government officials or leaders, per Shivam