Ranchi, Aug. 11 -- A day after the police crackdown on student aspirants protesting against alleged recruitment irregularities in JPSC and JSSC, political and civil unrest intensified across Jharkhand on Tuesday as the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) led a protest march from the Old Vidhan Sabha to the New Vidhan Sabha over irregularities in the state's competitive exams for government posts.

The renewed demonstrations follow a dramatic "Vidhan Sabha gherao" march in Ranchi on Monday by protestors demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into alleged recruitment irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC).

ABVP workers clashed with ...