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RPF had warned Maha police about attack

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Raghvendra Rao

Posted: Oct 22, 2008 at 1021 hrs IST
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New Delhi, October 21: On at least three occasions in the run-up to the Railway Recruitment Board's examination on October 19, where candidates from North India were attacked by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) Headquarters in New Delhi had informed the Maharashtra Police that it was anticipating trouble at many of the examination centres and wanted the local police to beef-up security.

In one of its communications to Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Ramrao Wagh, the RPF had expressed concern over "certain local political activists and hoodlums" who could target applicants from outside Maharashtra and had demanded that sufficient police strength be made available to guard the exam centres.

The October 19 written exam was conducted to fill up 518 posts in the categories of enquiry-cum-reservation clerks, goods guards and assistant station masters. Out of the 2.29 lakh applicants, only 26,000-odd could appear for the exam following the violence perpetrated by MNS workers. The first missive was sent on October 3 wherein the RPF informed the state police about the examination giving out a list of all the examination centres. "We told the Maharashtra Police that a similar problem had taken place during railway exams in 2006 and that ample force was to be deployed at the 144 exam centres in Mumbai," a top RPF official told The Indian Express. This communication was then followed up with two more letters, the first one sent on October 9 and the second on October 16 when RPF officials, both at the headquarter and state level underlined the “possibility of a disruption”.

RPF officials also said that the stone-pelting on applicants in Thane on October 19 were recorded on camera by the MNS workers who later sent the video footage to all the news channels.

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Attack by the hooligans in Maharastre by nand on 23 Oct 2008

There can be only following option left for safety of people.1.Stop playing the vote bank politics by the politician by Sive Sena or Congress or 2. Book the culprits in recent attack by the political hooligans on job aspirants or 3 For worst let there be junge raj when the constitutional right to work anywhere in country can not be maintained by the law keepers.Nothing can be done when the regionalism can not be addressed forr what so ever reason we give.

RPF warned Maharashtra Police by Ramanathan on 22 Oct 2008

It makes very miserable to learn that all democratic norms have just vanished for political mileage from few political parties, aided and abetted by the Administrative machinery to uphold the law of the land.

No problems with south indian, panjabi, gujrati....only Biharis...Why? by Rajiv on 22 Oct 2008

Marathi people have problem with UP

All issues must be known by Sam on 22 Oct 2008

The violence against the examinees must be condemned. But the railway ministry has to answer the following questions:1. Why the examinations are conducted in mumbai, and applicants have to travel to Mumbai from Bihar and UP. Sensible step would have been multiple exam centres in each state to reduce travel.2. Was the requirement advertised in Maharashtra and Mumbai?3. Why is the police dealing leniently with the attacking MNS workers?

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