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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Amarnath Tewary

Ex-BJP MLA arrested over Ram Navami violence in Bihar’s Sasaram

Former Bhartiya Janata Party legislator from Bihar’s Sasaram, district headquarter of Rohtas, Jawahar Prasad was arrested late on April 28 night and forwarded to judicial custody on Saturday for two weeks in connection with a case related to communal violence which had rocked Sasaram town after Ram Navami procession on March 31.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said “irrespective of party affiliations, those found involved, would be arrested”.

Jawahar Prasad has been five-time MLA from Sasaram since 1990 but, was denied a ticket in the last 2020 Assembly elections.

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