RJD president Lalu Prasad and several of his supporters were on Monday arrested here while trying to enforce the day-long Bihar bandh called by his party as the shutdown adversely affected life across the state.
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vikas Vaibhav said, "Prasad has been arrested along with his supporters while enforcing bandh. He has been taken to the camp jail of Bihar Military Police - 5 located on the outskirts of Patna. He might be given bail if the sections imposed are bailable ones."
An FIR has been registered against Prasad at Kotwali police station under sections 147 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 341 (wrongful restraint), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty, 323 (voluntarily causing hurt).
332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from discharge of duty), 431 (mischief by injury to public road), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation).
The bandh disrupted normal life as few trains were halted by lathi-wielding mobs, which also forced few shops and educational institutions to shut operations.