Ink was thrown at student leader Neha Bora on Friday during a protest in Ranchi against alleged irregularities in recruitment exams in Jharkhand. The police have detained the alleged attacker, PTI reported.Bora is the president of the All India Students’ Association, the student wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).The man, who was detained by the police, said that he had targeted Bora because of her support for jailed activist Umar Khalid, PTI reported.“I do not like Neha Bora because she supports Umar Khalid,” PTI quoted him as saying. “…They are all anti-nationals.”Khalid has been in jail since September 2020 for his alleged involvement in the communal violence that broke out in North East Delhi in February 2020 between supporters of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and those opposing it. The violence had left 53 dead and hundreds injured. Most of those killed were Muslims.— Neha (@neha_aisa) August 7, 2026
Bora alleged that the man shouted “Jai Shri Ram” after throwing ink at her, PTI reported. “To justify this criminal act, he did the same thing that persons affiliated with the [Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] do,” she said. “…He invoked religion.”The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is the parent organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party.She also alleged that “RSS-BJP goons” had thrown ink on 20 women, including herself.RSS-BJP goons throw ink at me and around 20 other women in Ranchi, Jharkhand!For them ink is a tool to try to shame others, we will write the future with ink! pic.twitter.com/52XvCZiwK5— Neha (@neha_aisa) August 7, 2026
