India, Aug. 10 -- Thousands of job aspirants, protesting exam irregularities in Jharkhand, ran into violent police action on Monday as they breached barricades and attempted to reach the state assembly, which is in session. The JMM-Congress government led by Hemant Soren, meanwhile, also announced a major arrest as it seeks to placate the protesters.

The Jharkhand police's crime investigation department (CID) on Monday arrested L Khiangte, a former chairperson of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC), over alleged irregularities in the recruitment examinations.

Khiangte, who was appointed as Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) chairperson in February last year after he retired as the state's chief secretary, tendered his...