Madhepura MP and Jan Adhikar Party-Loktantrik patron Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav was arrested on Monday by Patna police after a drama that continued for more than four hours at the parliamentarian’s residence in Mandiri locality of the state capital.
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Police said that Pappu was arrested in connection with an old case related to causing nuisance near the state capital’s Kargil Chowk on January 24. The police decided to arrest the MP who was expelled from RJD in May 2015 on Monday afternoon when supporters of Pappu Yadav clashed with police during a protest march towards the state assembly earlier in the day. Police said Pappu allegedly provoked his workers to attack the police teams trying to stop the JAP-L workers from proceeding towards the assembly, a prohibited zone, where the budget session is underway.
Police said Pappu allegedly provoked his workers to attack the police teams trying to stop the JAP-L workers from proceeding towards the assembly, a prohibited zone, where the budget session is underway. The high-voltage drama to arrest the MP actually began around 5 pm this evening when a 500-strong team of armed police personnel led by the DSP Shibli Nomani reached Yadav’s residence in Mandiri locality of the city. As the MP, surrounded by his hundreds of die-hard supporters, declared that he would not allow police to arrest him without a warrant of arrest, the police personnel besieged his house. In the meantime, Pappu’s supporters kept raising slogans in his favour while policemen kept a watch around his house.
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As the MP, surrounded by his hundreds of die-hard supporters, declared that he would not allow police to arrest him without a warrant of arrest, the police personnel besieged his house. In the meantime, Pappu’s supporters kept raising slogans in his favour while policemen kept a watch around his house.
As the police stopped their procession, they used water cannons to disperse the crowd but it failed, after that they resorted to ‘lathicharge’, leaving 50 injured. Pappu was also injured in this