3,000 fear job loss as Jharkhand govt scraps 22 recruitment exams over malpractice, orders CID probe into 17 others

Jharkhand government cancelled twenty-two recruitment examinations after a student protest ended. This decision impacts nearly three thousand candidates who had secured government jobs. Fresh protests erupted as affected candidates launched a counter-agitation against the cancellations. The Jharkhand High Court also received petitions challenging the blanket cancellation of these exams. Political leaders are now demanding a CBI investigation into the alleged malpractices.