Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Ranchi Cyber Police Seek X Data on JPSC-JSSC Account
Ranchi cyber police are investigating an X account called @JPSCreformanch.
The account is operated in the name of JPSC-JSSC Reform Manch.
Police say it posted videos and pictures containing false or misleading information about the Jharkhand government.
They asked X for details that could help identify the account operator.
The requested information includes contact details, login records, internet addresses and device information.
The investigation also concerns posts that police say used abusive language or could create social tension.
The case is connected to complaints involving protests and alleged problems in recruitment examinations.
The Reform Manch has continued demanding action over those alleged irregularities.
Ranchi Cyber Crime Police asked X Corp for user and account activity details linked to @JPSCreformanch.
The notice seeks registration, contact, login, logout, IP address and device information.
Police allege the account repeatedly shared false or fabricated claims about the Jharkhand government.
The investigation cites provisions concerning public mischief, false information, defamation and offensive electronic material.
The request comes amid Reform Manch protests over alleged irregularities in JPSC-JSSC recruitment examinations.
- Who
- Ranchi Cyber Crime Police, X Corp and the person or persons operating @JPSCreformanch, associated with JPSC-JSSC Reform Manch.
- What
- Police sought user and technical data from X during an investigation into alleged false and misleading posts.
- When
- The notice was issued on August 22, after complaints or FIRs registered on August 21.
- Where
- The matter is being investigated in Ranchi, Jharkhand, including at Kotwali Police Station.
- Why
- Police said the information would help identify the account operator and investigate alleged false information, defamation, abusive content and material capable of provoking social disharmony.
Police allegations
Reform Manch campaign
Online content
Police allegations
Police allege that the account repeatedly circulated false and fabricated claims, including accusations of government inaction, police brutality, mistreatment of students and abuse of tribal communities.
Reform Manch campaign
JPSC-JSSC Reform Manch has continued organising protests and demanding action over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations; the reports do not provide a direct response from the group to the police allegations.
Purpose of the data request
Police allegations
Police say user records and IP information are needed to establish who operated the account and assist the criminal investigation.
Reform Manch campaign
The group’s reported campaign focuses on alleged recruitment-examination irregularities and related demands; its position on the request for account data is not reported.
Public demonstrations
Police allegations
Police advised organisers to obtain prior permission for public protests and urged students and the public not to follow rumours.
Reform Manch campaign
The Reform Manch has continued holding protests connected to the recruitment controversy.
- X handle
- @JPSCreformanch
- Account name
- JPSC-JSSC Reform Manch
- Notice date
- August 22
- Legal basis
- Section 94 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- Information requested
- Full name, address, contact details, registered email, login and logout records, dates and times, IP addresses and device details
- Alleged offenses
- Public mischief, false information to a public servant, defamation and publication of offensive electronic material
- Case information
- One report identifies Kotwali Police Station Case No. 183/2026; another says three FIRs were registered against 14 named and 200 unidentified people
- Related dispute
- Protests and demands concerning alleged irregularities in JPSC-JSSC recruitment examinations
