# Fasting activist Mahto stopped from Tiranga Yatra in Ranchi 2026-08-15T09:46:48+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Fasting student activist Devendra Nath Mahto clashed with police at Ranchi’s Sadar Hospital on Saturday after officers stopped him from joining a Tiranga Yatra at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium. Mahto, who has been on hunger strike since August 2, claimed he suffered a chest injury during the pushing and shoving and was undergoing treatment. He was hospitalised after his health deteriorated during a student march to the Jharkhand Assembly. Mahto and supporters are protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission. ABP Live reports that Chief Minister Hemant Soren has promised transparent examinations and changes to the system. Mahto demanded written proof if doctors had advised him not to leave the hospital. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in - news.abplive.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:16:10+00:00. Tags: devendra nath mahto, Jharkhand, JKLM, JPSC, JSSC Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/fasting-activist-mahto-clashes-with-police-at-ranchi-hospital/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/fasting-activist-mahto-clashes-with-police-at-ranchi-hospital/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/