Ranchi/IBNS, Aug. 10 -- Police used water cannons and resorted to lathicharge after protesting students breached police barricades while attempting to march towards the Jharkhand Assembly over alleged irregularities in government recruitment examinations, media reports said.

The protesting students were marching towards the Assembly demanding action over alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) recruitment examinations.

Student leaders had earlier maintained that the march would be peaceful. However, tensions rose after some protesters crossed the barricades erected by the police to prevent the marchers from proceeding towards the Assembly.

Police subsequen...