Summary:
They said they had passed the written and physical examinations but were rejected because they fall short of the 158cm height criteria. Police bundled them away, charged them with not obeying instructions to disperse and put them in jail for the night. The girls claimed they were made to undergo pregnancy test in jail and upon release when to meet PCC chief Kamal Nath. Thereafter, nine of them started an agitation at Shahjahani Park in Bhopal.When their agitation went unnoticed, they barged into the CM’s public meeting at Lal Parade Grounds and raised slogans. Asked if the nine girls, who spent a night in jail custody for their protest, will now be given appointment as constables, Mishra said, “I am not sure of this, but they should qualify now.”It was in October last year that the CM had announced a slash in height criteria for women police candidates..