{
  "id": 587929,
  "title": "Jharkhand: 200 ABVP activists detained during march against lathi-charge on protesters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/jharkhand-200-abvp-activists-detained-during-march-against-lathi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T17:16:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jharkhand-abvp-activists-detained-ranchi-assembly-march-lathi-charge-protest-10828801/"
  },
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  "account": "Over 200 activists from the ABVP, including three high-ranking officials, were arrested on Tuesday while marching from Ranchi's Old Assembly area to the new Assembly building in opposition to the police's use of batons against students. Among those detained were the ABVP's national secretary Dr Virendra Singh Solanki, national secretary Abhay Pratap Singh, and Jharkhand state secretary Prakash Tuti. According to ABVP's social media coordinator Satyam Mishra, the activists were apprehended around 2-2.30 pm near the Old Assembly after the police halted their march and transported them in separate vehicles. The detainees were released the following evening at 9 pm.\n\nMishra admitted that there had been some use of force by the police to halt the protesters, but emphasized that it was not a full-scale lathi-charge. He clarified that there had been \"some light use of force.\"\n\nThe ABVP had organized the demonstration in protest against the previous day's lathi-charge on students during their protest against alleged irregularities in government job examinations. The event coincided with the BJP's call for a Jharkhand bandh in response to the police action against the students on August 10. The BJP has launched a social media campaign using the hashtag #HitlerHemant to criticize the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government over the police's treatment of protesting students.\n\nBJP state general secretary Amar Kumar Bauri criticized the police action against the students and the ABVP activists, accusing the government of \"cruelty and brutality\" towards students. He alleged that the government was attempting to stifle the students' movement through force and vowed that the BJP would continue the fight \"from the streets to the Assembly.\"\n\nMeanwhile, student leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who was reportedly injured during the protest on Monday, released an open letter from the hospital. In the letter, he expressed gratitude to those who took part in the Assembly gherao programme and called for action against those responsible for the lathi-charge on the peaceful protesters. Later that evening, students organized a silent march in protest against the lathi-charge.",
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        "outlet": "The Indian Express - India",
        "title": "Jharkhand: 200 ABVP activists detained during march against lathi-charge on protesters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/jharkhand-200-abvp-activists-detained-during-march-against-lathi-589856",
        "published": "2026-08-11T17:16:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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