Thousands of protesting students and job aspirants marched towards the Jharkhand Assembly in Ranchi, demanding a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). We don’t want to hijack the protest…,” Dipke told reporters in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar this afternoon. Devendra Mahato is the leader of the protest in Jharkhand, and we want him to continue doing so,” he added. “In a deeply distressing incident, student leader Mahato—who was already physically exhausted due to a nine-day peaceful hunger strike—was subjected to a brutal police baton charge. The CJP said while speaking to Dipke, Mahato described the police action against the protesting students.