PATNA, Oct. 6 -- Hundreds of aspirants and examinees of the Bihar Police sub-inspector recruitment examination staged protests in Patna on Monday, demanding a rollback of the decision to cancel the sub-inspector mains examination and the immediate resumption of the recruitment process. The Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission (BPSSC) had cancelled the examination on September 23 for recruitment to 1,799 posts, citing "unavoidable reasons". The demonstrators broke police barricades near JP roundabout, and a few of them marched towards the chief minister's residence as well as Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission (BPSSC) office. The Patna police resorted to mild force at the Dak Bungalow roundabout to disperse the agitators. Later, reports said a five member delegation was taken to the state secretariat where a memorandum was presented to senior officials. Officials said the delegation wanted to meet Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit but the meeting could not materialise. Protestors said they urged the government to reconsider the decision and resume the recruitment process for 1,799 posts. They also sought an early announcement of the date for the physical efficiency test. The mains examination was held on May 27 and its results were declared on June 19. It may be noted that the state government on September 23 had cancelled the main written examination conducted by BPSSC following a preliminary probe report submitted by the Economic Offences Unit (EOU), which mentioned that irregularities and a paper leak had taken place in the mains examination. Later, the BPSSC cancelled the exam due to unavoidable reasons. The candidates questioned why they should suffer due to alleged irregularities that led to the examination's cancellation. Many said they had spent months preparing for the test and the delay in taking a decision had only added to their uncertainty. We want transparency and justice for genuine candidates. If the examination had to be cancelled, why was the decision taken four months later?" another aspirant, said. A total of 35,857 candidates had appeared for the written examination, out of which 414 candidates were declared ineligible due to malpractice and other reasons. A large number of candidates had appeared for the exam and had been demanding its cancellation since then....