Kishor was sitting on an indefinite hunger strike, demanding cancellation of 70th BPSC examination over alleged irregularities and paper leak reports. The BPSC aspirants and candidates have been on the streets for more than a fortnight now, urging Nitish government to cancel BPSC exams and re-conduct the same.
Following Kishor's detention by Bihar police, his supporters gathered in large numbers at the Jan Suraj Party office in Sheikhpura, alleging police brutality.
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