Assistant policemen who were camping in Morhabadi ground of the State Capital on 22 days will finally end their protest. The decision was taken after a meeting of a delegation of the assistant police personnel with six MLAs of the ruling coalition on Monday.

During the 6-hour long talks, an agreement was reached on 30 per cent increase in the honorarium amount of the assistant police personnel. Along with this, an agreement has been reached on a one-year extension of their service. An agreement has also been reached on reservation for the recruitment of Home Guards and Forest Guards. The MLAs have said that a proposal will be brought in the Cabinet regarding the decisions.

Former Minister and MLA from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Mathura Mahato, MLA Sudivya Kumar Sonu, Sukhram Oraon, Congress MLA Rajesh Kachhap, Naman Vikas Kongari and CPI (ML) MLA Vinod Kumar Singh were present in the talks with the assistant policemen.

Notably, the assistant police personnel were protesting in support of their demands for over 20 days in Ranchi. Ranchi police had to use mild force against assistant police personnel protesting in support of their demands of job regularisation, increase in salary and other benefits near Soochna Bhawan on Friday.

As per their plan to gherao the CM residence on Friday about 200 assistant police personnel broke the police barricading and reached near Soochna Bhawan. During this, a clash broke out between the police and the assistant policemen. A Police vehicle was vandalized in the clash.

At Soochna Bhawan police lathicharged on the protesting mob that was not ready to listen to the authorities. Several protestors were said to be injured in the clash while the police were continuously trying to control them. The agitators sat on the road and blocked it. However, on the assurance that their demands will be put before the CM, they returned to Morhabadi ground where they were camping.