Ranchi, Aug. 21 -- Hundreds of students gathered at Gandhi Maidan in Ranchi on Friday to protest the Jharkhand High Court's stay on the cancellation of JPSC examinations and appointments, with the demonstration turning tense after police seized an effigy of Chief Minister Hemant Soren.

The protest was organised following a call by the JPSC-JSSC Reform Forum, which had appealed to students to burn effigies of the Chief Minister across all 24 districts of Jharkhand in protest against the High Court's decision.

Students gathered at Gandhi Maidan carrying an effigy of Soren as part of the protest.

In view of the demonstration, the district administration deployed a large police contingent at the spot. Several senior officials, including a ...