Dozens of process aspirants had been on Thursday detained for the duration of their protest towards the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) for enticing a tainted corporation to behavior written checks for diverse posts in authorities departments.
A day when they had been cane-charged at Dogra Chowk, loads of jobseekers assembled at Ambedkar Park right here and staged a protest towards Aptech, the employer which they stated become blacklisted in 2019.
When they attempted to continue toward the divisional commissioner`s office, a robust posse of policemen stopped and detained dozens of them. They had been taken to the police traces in Gandhi Nagar and launched withinside the evening.
Vinkal Sharma, one of the protesters, stated, “This employer (Aptech) is blacklisted in lots of states and withinside the closing months, it has leaked many critical national-stage checks. The JKSSB did now no longer examine something from its frauds and has employed it again.”
Kartik Bhagat, every other process aspirant, stated they have got 4 middle demands — on the spot withdrawal of the examination calendar launched with the aid of using JKSSB, elimination of Aptech from carrying out authorities recruitments, technical research into checks carried out with the aid of using Aptech and a stern motion towards the ones worried in paper leak scams.
Later, an eight-member delegation of `Youth Against Corruption` met Jammu divisional commissioner Ramesh Kumar and gave him a written memorandum in their demands. Kumar confident that their memorandum may be despatched to the authorities.
On Wednesday, the police resorted to cane-charging after protesters attempted to disrupt site visitors motion at busy Dogra Chowk, wherein the management had imposed prohibitory orders beneathneath Section a hundred and forty four of the CrPC.
A senior JKSSB reputable stated the protest become unjustified as the problem concerning the hiring of Aptech become subjudice. “The employer become employed as according to the primary and J&K governments` recommendations because it finished the blacklisting length of 3 years in May closing year,” he added.
The corporation become blacklisted with the aid of using numerous states and the Delhi High Court had even imposed a penalty of ₹10 lakh at the employer for alleged malpractices in recruitment. In December closing year, the Jammu and Kashmir excessive courtroom docket had made robust observations towards the contaminated corporation.
Uproar maintains in Srinagar
Several aspirants additionally staged a protest in Srinagar, which entered its 2nd day on Thursday with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti, claiming that the choice of carrying out checks thru Aptech could sabotage the destiny of youths.
“JKSSB`s choice to maintain with a fraudulent blacklisted employer suggests how deeply entrenched corruption is in J&K. Bureaucrats accountable for this maintain to experience their positions on the value of destiny of J&K`s youth,” she stated.
National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah, whilst condemning the lathicharge on protesting aspirants, stated, “This settlement have to at once be cancelled. What is the factor of blacklisting a employer if it’s miles going to be provided plum contracts. This settlement is even greater risky as it places at danger the destiny of rankings of aspirants who depend on JKSSB to behavior recruitment checks.”