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Jharkhand students protest headmaster’s transfer, pelt stones at police station; cop injured

Updated On: 13 August, 2026 06:54 PM IST | Garhwa (Jharkhand) | mid-day online correspondent

The situation escalated after the block chief, who had arrived at the site to persuade the protesting students to end the blockade, was accused of slapping a student. The incident triggered outrage among the students and further intensified the protest

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The situation escalated after the block chief, who had arrived at the site to persuade the protesting students to end the blockade, was accused of slapping a student. Representational pic/PTI

The situation escalated after the block chief, who had arrived at the site to persuade the protesting students to end the blockade, was accused of slapping a student. Representational pic/PTI

Students of Plus Two High School in Kandi block of Jharkhand’s Garhwa district staged a road blockade and later resorted to stone-pelting at the local police station on Thursday to protest the transfer of the school’s acting headmaster, Malay Kumar Singh.

A policeman was injured in the stone-pelting, news agency IANS reported.

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