BPSC exam row: Prashant Kishor gets unconditional bail hours after being sent to jail
Kishor and his supporters were earlier removed from the protest site as the demonstration was being held near a restricted area, making it “illegal”
Jan Suraaj Party chief Prashant Kishor on Monday (January 6) got unconditional bail, hours after he was sent to 14-day judicial custody. He was arrested from Gandhi Maidan in the morning during his fast-into-death demanding cancellation of the BPSC examination after the alleged paper leak.
Earlier, Kishor's lawyer revealed that he was granted bail on a bond of Rs 25,000 and the condition that he would not participate in protests. Talking to reporters outside the court, Kishor claimed that he has been jailed because he refused to adhere to the bail conditions and vowed to continue his struggle.
“I was taken to court and I was granted bail. But, it is written in the order that I should indulge in any wrongdoings, so I rejected this bail order, I accepted to go to jail,” Kishor told the media outside the court premises.
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Kishor claimed that he was made to sit in a police vehicle from 5 am to 11 am and taken to several places before they arrived at a community centre in Fatuha.
“Nobody told me where I was being taken even though I asked them multiple times...After 5 hours, they took me to Fatuha's community centre and they wanted to conduct my medical test and get the certificate from doctors. I refused to give my consent because I did not do any criminal activity, I told the doctors this...Police tried to convince the doctors but they refused to give illegal certificate. They recorded my statement that I refused to give a medical test,” he said.
Prior to his arrest, Kishor had announced plans to file a petition in the High Court on Tuesday regarding alleged irregularities in the BPSC exam.
Kishor began an indefinite fast-unto-death on January 2 to express solidarity with protesting students who had demanded the cancellation of the BPSC prelims.
