Hundreds of students took to the streets of Ranchi, the capital city of India's eastern state of Jharkhand, on Monday, protesting alleged irregularities in government recruitment examinations. The demonstrators, led by student leader Devendra Nath Mahto, marched towards the State Legislative Assembly building, clashing with riot police who deployed water cannon and barricades to disperse them. The protests are part of a series that began late last month over accusations of question leaks and other wrongdoing in state public service recruitment examinations. The protesters are demanding an overhaul of the examination system, cancellation of some tests, and an investigation by the federal police. Despite being on an indefinite hunger strike, Mahto vowed that barricades would not stop their pursuit for justice. The Jharkhand state government agreed late Sunday to cancel the 14th Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) preliminary exam and two backlog recruitment tests while three JPSC board members resigned following questioning by state investigators. However, student groups have vowed to continue their protests until the government cancels the Combined Graduate Level examination and hands over the investigation of exam paper leaks to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The ongoing protests in Jharkhand come two weeks after a youth-led movement in New Delhi forced the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over leaks of the national medical school entrance test.