Jharkhand Chief Minister Halts Police Recruitment Drive For 3 Days After 11 Die

Hemant Soren also said a committee of health experts has been formed to ascertain the cause of the deaths.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday said he has issued instructions to halt the ongoing recruitment drive for excise constables for the next three days in the wake of the deaths of some candidates, who appeared in the physical tests.

Mr Soren also said a committee of health experts has been formed to ascertain the cause of the deaths.

"I have issued instructions to halt the excise constables' recruitment drive for three days. The physical tests, too, will not be held after 9 am," Soren said in a post on X.